Crotalaria nuda Polhill

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Crotalaria nuda

Lusaka W, Nosarka farm
May 1991
Photo: Mike Bingham

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Status: Native
Description:
Generally a slender erect branching annual 30‒90 cm tall, but sometimes a tufted suffrutex, glabrous. Leaves mostly 3-foliolate, uppermost generally 1-foliolate; leaflets 5‒18 x 1‒3.5 mm, linear-oblanceolate, obtuse to truncate; petiole 0.5‒2(4) mm long, stipules 0. Racemes 3‒12 cm long, 12‒30-flowered, generally lax, upper parts occasionally congested.
Type location:
Zambia
Notes: Widespread in Zambia; loss of habitat may be a threat
Derivation of specific name: nuda: nude or glabrous, lacking hairs
Habitat: Briefly flooded grassland on dolomite.
Altitude range: 1150 - 1550 m
Flowering time:Mar - Apr
Worldwide distribution: Endemic to Zambia
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N,W,C
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Cb,Mc,C,Lk
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Endemic status: Endemic
Red data list status: Lower Risk - near threatened
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Content last updated: Tuesday 26 September 2017
Literature:

Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 216 - 218. (Includes a picture).

Polhill, R.M. (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 216 - 218. (Includes a picture).

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crotalaria nuda
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crotalaria nuda
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crotalaria nuda
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Crotalaria nuda
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iNaturalist: Crotalaria nuda
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crotalaria nuda
JSTOR Plant Science: Crotalaria nuda
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crotalaria nuda
Plants of the World Online: Crotalaria nuda
Tropicos: Crotalaria nuda
Wikipedia: Crotalaria nuda


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Crotalaria nuda.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=198160, retrieved 20 April 2024

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