3669.000 Crotalaria
Martins, E.S. et al. (2003) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7)
Description of the genus
Herbs, shrubs or rarely small trees (capensis and pallidicaulis). Stipules filiform to leaf-like, or 0. Leaves simple, 1-foliolate or digitately 3(-7)-foliolate, usually petiolate. Flowers usually yellow, variously marked, less often white or blue, usually in terminal leaf-opposed or less commonly axillary racemes or heads; bract and paired bracteoles usually present. Calyx usually with 5 subequal lobes. Standard usually with 2 appendages at the base inside; keel rounded to angled, generally with a well-developed beak. Stamens joined in a sheath; anthers arranged alternately with 5 long, basifixed and 5, smaller, dorsifixed. Style curved or geniculate, usually with 1-2 lines of hairs in the upper part, the basal portion thicker than the upper. Legume usually inflated, 1-many seeded. Worldwide: 600 species throughout the tropics (and subtropics), most numerous in eastern and southern tropical Africa Zambia: 175 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| abbreviata Baker f. | N | |
| abscondita Welw. ex Baker | N,C | Image |
| aculeata De Wild. subsp. aculeata | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| adamsonii Baker f. | N,W | |
| alemanniana Torre | B,W | |
| alexandri Baker f. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| amoena Welw. ex Baker | B,N,W | |
| angulicaulis Harms | B | |
| anisophylla (Hiern) Welw. ex Baker f. | C,S | Description, Image |
| annua Milne-Redh. | N,W,C | |
| anthyllopsis Welw. ex Baker | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| arcuata Polhill | N | |
| argenteotomentosa R.Wilczek subsp. argentotomentosa | N | |
| argenteotomentosa R.Wilczek subsp. dolosa Polhill | N | |
| argyrolobioides Baker | N,W | Description, Image |
| axillaris Aiton | N | |
| axilliflora Baker f. | N | |
| axillifloroides R.Wilczek [NrEnd] | N | Description, Image |
| barkae Schweinf. subsp. barkae | B,C,E | |
| barnabassii Dinter ex Baker f. | E,S | |
| basipeta R.Wilczek | N,S | |
| baumii Harms | B | Description, Image |
| becquetii R.Wilczek subsp. turgida Polhill | E | Description, Image |
| bemba R.Wilczek | N,W | |
| bequaertii Baker f. | B,N,W,C,S | |
| blanda Polhill | N | |
| bongensis Baker f. | N | |
| bredoi R.Wilczek | N | |
| calycina Schrank | W,S | |
| campestris Polhill | W | |
| carsonii Baker f. | N,W | |
| caudata Welw. ex Baker | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| cephalotes Steud. ex A.Rich. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| chirindae Baker f. | E | |
| chrysochlora Baker f. ex Harms | W | |
| chrysotricha Polhill | N | |
| cistoides Welw. ex Baker subsp. cistoides [NrEnd] | B,W | Description |
| cistoides Welw. ex Baker subsp. orientalis Polhill [NrEnd] | N | Description |
| cleomifolia Welw. ex Baker | N,W,E | Description, Image |
| comosa Baker | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| confertiflora Polhill | N | |
| cornetii Taub. & Dewèvre [NrEnd] | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| crebra Polhill | W | |
| criniramea Baker f. ex Polhill [VU] | W | |
| cuspidata Taub. | N,W | |
| cylindrocarpa DC. | B,N,W,S | |
| cylindrostachys Welw. ex Baker [LR-lc] | C,S | Description, Image |
| debilis Polhill | W | |
| decora Polhill | N | |
| densicephala Welw. ex Baker | W,C | Description, Image |
| deserticola Taub. ex Baker f. | N,W,C | |
| distans Benth. subsp. macaulayae (Baker f.) Polhill | W,S | |
| distans Benth. subsp. macrotropis (Baker f.) Polhill | W,C | Description, Image |
| duboisii R.Wilczek subsp. mutica Polhill | N | |
| egregia Polhill | N | |
| elisabethae Baker f. | N,W,C | |
| ephemera Polhill | N,W | |
| eurycalyx Polhill | N | |
| filicaulis Welw. ex Baker var. filicaulis | B,N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| filicaulis Welw. ex Baker var. grandiflora Polhill | N | |
| flavicarinata Baker f. | B,W,S | Description, Image |
| florida Welw. ex Baker var. congolensis (Baker f.) R.Wilczek | W | |
| florida Welw. ex Baker var. florida | B,N,W,C | Description, Image |
| florida Welw. ex Baker var. monosperma (De Wild.) R.Wilczek | N | |
| friesii I. Verd. | C,S | |
| gamwelliae Baker f. | N,C | |
| germainii Wilczek | B,W,S | |
| glauca Willd. | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| glaucifolia Baker | N,W,C,E | |
| goetzei Harms | N,E | Description, Image |
| goreensis Guill. & Perr. [LR-lc] | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| graminicola Baker f. | N,W,C | |
| grandistipulata Harms | B,N,W,C | Description, Image |
| huillensis Taub. subsp. zambesiaca Polhill | B | |
| incana L. subsp. purpurascens (Lam.) Milne-Redh. | N | Description, Image |
| involutifolia Polhill [LR-lc] | N,W | Description, Image |
| ionoptera Polhill | B,W | |
| juncea L. | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| kambolensis Baker f. | N,W | |
| kapiriensis De Wild. | W,C,S | |
| kerkvoordei R.Wilczek | N | |
| kipandensis Baker f. | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| kipilaensis Wilczek | N,W,C | |
| kuiririensis Baker f. | B,W,C | |
| kwengeensis R.Wilczek var. kwengeensis | W | |
| kwengeensis R.Wilczek var. parviflora Polhill | W | |
| laburnifolia L. subsp. laburnifolia | N,E,S | Description, Image |
| lachnocarpoides Engl. [LR-lc] | N,E | Description, Image |
| lachnophora A. Rich. [LR-lc] | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| lanceolata E. Mey. subsp. prognatha Polhill | C,E,S | |
| lasiocarpa Polhill | N | |
| laxiflora Baker var. acuta Polhill | N | |
| laxiflora Baker var. laxiflora | N | |
| lepidissima Baker f. | N,W | |
| leptoclada Harms var. leptoclada | B,N,W | |
| limosa Polhill | W | |
| lukafuensis De Wild. [LR-lc] | N,W | Description, Image |
| microcarpa Hochst. ex Benth. [LR-lc] | B,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| microthamnus Robyns ex R.Wilczek | N | |
| minutissima Baker f. | N,W | |
| miranda Milne-Redh. | N | |
| modesta Polhill | N,C | |
| morumbensis Baker f. | W,C,E | |
| natalitia Meisn. var. natalitia [LR-lc] | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| natalitia Meisn. var. rutshuruensis De Wild. | E | Description, Image |
| nigricans Baker var. nigricans | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| nigricans Baker var. erecta Milne-Redh. | W | Description |
| nuda Polhill [End] [LR-nt] | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| nudiflora Polhill [DD] | N | |
| nyikensis Baker | N | |
| occidentalis Hepper | N | |
| ochroleuca G. Don | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| ononoides Benth. | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| onusta Polhill | N | |
| orthoclada Welw. ex Baker | N,W | |
| pallida Aiton var. pallida | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| pallida Aiton var. obovata (G. Don) Polhill | N,W | |
| pallidicaulis Harms [LR-lc] | W,C,S | Description, Image |
| parvula Welw. ex Baker | N,W | Description, Image |
| passerinoides Taub. | N | |
| peregrina Polhill | N | |
| pisicarpa Welw. ex Baker | S | |
| platysepala Harv. | B,S | |
| podocarpa DC. | B,S | Description, Image |
| polysperma Kotschy | S | |
| polytricha Polhill [DD] | W | |
| praetexta Polhill | N,W,C | |
| prittwitzii Baker f. | N | |
| prolongata Baker | B,N,W,E | |
| pseudodiloloensis R.Wilczek | N | |
| pseudotenuirama Torre | B,N,W,C,E,S | |
| pygmaea Polhill | N | |
| quangensis Taub. var. malangensis (Baker f.) Polhill | W | |
| quangensis Taub. var. quangensis | W | Description, Image |
| quarrei Baker f. var. longipes Polhill | N | |
| quarrei Baker f. var. quarrei | N,W,S | |
| recta Steud. ex A. Rich. | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| reptans Taub. | C,E,S | |
| reptans- intermediates with pisicarpa | ||
| rhodesiae Baker f. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| ringoetii Baker f. [LR-lc] | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| rogersii Baker f. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| senegalensis (Pers.) Bacle ex DC. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| sertulifera Taub. | N,W,S | Description, Image |
| shirensis (Baker f.) Milne-Redh. [LR-lc] | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| simoma Polhill [VU] | N | |
| sp. A | N | |
| sparsifolia Baker | N,W,C,E,S | |
| spartea Baker | N,W | |
| sphaerocarpa Perr. ex DC. subsp. sphaerocarpa [LR-lc] | B,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| spinosa Hochst. ex Benth. | N,W,C,S | Description |
| stenoptera Welw. ex Baker | B | |
| steudneri Schweinf. | B,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| streptorrhyncha Milne-Redh. [NrEnd] | W | Description, Image |
| subcaespitosa Polhill | E | |
| subcapitata De Wild. var. subcapitata | N,W,C | |
| subcapitata De Wild. var. fwamboensis (Baker f.) Polhill | N | |
| subtilis Polhill | N | |
| sylvicola Baker f. | W | |
| tabularis Baker f. | E | |
| tenuipedicellata Baker f. | N,W | |
| tenuirama Welw. ex Baker | N,W | |
| teretifolia Milne-Redh. | N,W,C | |
| trinervia Polhill [VU] | W | |
| tristis Polhill [DD] | N | |
| ulbrichiana Harms | S | |
| umbellifera R.E.Fr. [LR-lc] | N,W | |
| unicaulis Bullock | N,W | |
| valida Baker | N,E | Description, Image |
| vandenbrandii R.Wilczek | N | |
| vanmeelii R.Wilczek [NrEnd] | N | Description, Image |
| variegata Welw. ex Baker | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| virgulata Klotzsch [Agg] | ||
| virgulata Klotzsch subsp. pauciflora (Baker) Polhill | N,E | |
| virgulata Klotzsch subsp. virgulata | C,E,S | Description |
Other sources of information about Crotalaria:
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Flora of Botswana: CrotalariaFlora of Botswana: cultivated Crotalaria
Flora of Burundi: Crotalaria
Flora of Caprivi: Crotalaria
Flora of Malawi: Crotalaria
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Crotalaria
Flora of Mozambique: Crotalaria
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Crotalaria
Flora of Zimbabwe: Crotalaria
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Crotalaria
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CrotalariaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crotalaria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crotalaria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Crotalaria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Crotalaria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crotalaria
JSTOR Plant Science: Crotalaria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crotalaria
Plants of the World Online: Crotalaria
Tropicos: Crotalaria
Wikipedia: Crotalaria