Fabaceae
Crotalaria

Crotalaria sericea Burm.f.

First published in Fl. Indica: 156 (1768)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Assam to S. China and Indo-China, Taiwan to Philippines. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Hawaii

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • le Roux, M., Silva Flores, A., Pandey, A.K. & Subramaniam, S. (2020). Personal communication on Fabaceae, Crotalaria 1.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Crotalaria assamica.]
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Crotalaria assamica.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Ninkaew, S. & al. (2017). Crotalaria L. (Fabaceae: Faboideae) in continental Southeast Asia. Phytotaxa 320: 1-74.
  • Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bullock, A.A. [632] India Crotalaria assamica K000496810 No
Hu, S.Y.; But, P. [24071] Hong Kong Crotalaria assamica K000628289 Yes
Forrest, G. [981] China Crotalaria assamica K000628290 Yes
J.D.H; T.T. [s.n.] India Crotalaria assamica K000496811 No
Hook; Thomson [s.n.] India Crotalaria assamica K000591056 Type Yes
Bar, N.L. [6700] India Crotalaria assamica K000628291 No
Rock, J.F. [7109] China Crotalaria assamica K000628288 Yes
Po Khant, M. [15245] Burma Crotalaria assamica K000496812 Yes
Watt, G. [7301] India Crotalaria assamica K000628292 No
Lei, C.I. [142] China Crotalaria assamica K000628287 Yes
Kingdon-Ward, F. [7781] India Crotalaria assamica K000496808 No
J.D.H; T.T. [2297] India Crotalaria assamica K000628293 No
Chantaranothai, P.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D.A.; Pooma, R. [604] Thailand Crotalaria assamica K000496806 No
Bullock, A.A. [632] India Crotalaria assamica K000496809 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • 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 Backbone Distributions

    • 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

  • 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