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Crotalaria flavicarinata
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Upper Zambezi, Ndau
Feb 1999
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect annual or short-lived shrub, 0.6‒2m tall; branches somewhat angular, ribbed, shortly hairy, glabrescent. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets elliptic to oblong-obovate, shortly and often sparsely hairy at least beneath. Racemes lax, 8‒30-flowered; bracts 1‒2 mm long, linear. Pods subsessile (12)16‒22 × 7‒8 mm, puberulous, ultimately glabrescent, up to 10‒16-seeded. |
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Syntypes from Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls |
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| Derivation of specific name: | flavicarinata: with a yellow keel |
| Habitat: | Woodland on Kalahari Sand; sandy river banks. |
| Altitude range: | 900 - 1250 m |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,W,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,S,W |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 4 September 2017 |
| Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 217. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 386. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 47. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 154 - 155. Polhill, R.M. (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 154 - 155. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 63. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 211. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crotalaria flavicarinataAfrican Plant Database: Crotalaria flavicarinata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crotalaria flavicarinata
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crotalaria flavicarinata
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