Crotalaria tenuipedicellata Baker f.

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 42: 266 (1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. DR Congo to N. Zambia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, various authors. Flora Zambesiaca 3:7. 2003

Morphology General Habit
Erect annual, 0.5–1.2 m tall, branching above; branches thinly appressed puberulous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 1-foliolate; leaflets 20–40 × 1–5 mm, linear-oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate-oblong, lowermost oblanceolate, thinly puberulous to minutely strigulose beneath; petiole 2–6 mm long; stipules 0.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes 2–10 cm long, 6–16-flowered, lax but uppermost flowers subumbelliform, also a few flowers developing in the axils below; bracts 1–1.5 mm long, linear to shortly linear-lanceolate; pedicels 5–7 mm long, slender, without bracteoles.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 3–3.5 mm long, appressed puberulous; upper lobes broadly triangular, slightly acuminate, 1.5 times as long as the tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard oblong-obovate, pale yellow lined reddish, thinly puberulous on upper part outside; wings markedly shorter than the keel; keel 8–9 mm long, angular, with a long narrow twisted beak strongly incurved at the tip.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod sessile, 4 × 3.5 mm, ovoid-globose, puberulous, 2-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Mature seeds not seen.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0