Fabaceae
Crotalaria

Crotalaria ochroleuca G.Don

First published in Gen. Hist. 2: 138 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is an annual, perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, China Southeast, Florida, Georgia, Hainan, India, Louisiana, Madagascar, Mississippi, New Guinea, North Carolina, Queensland, South Carolina, Swaziland

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Du Puy, D.J., Labat, N.-N., Rabevohitra, R., Villiers, J.-F., Bosser, J. & Moat, J. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar: 1-737. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia, A Journal of Botanical Research 41: 41-82.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023). Flora of North America North of Mexico 11(1): 1-541. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Isely, D. (1998). Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States: 1-1007. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Pope, G.V., Polhill, R.N. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7): 1-274. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Silva Flores, A. & De Azevedo Tozzi, A.M.G. (2018). A synopsis of the genus Crotalaria (Leguminosae) in Brazil. Phytotaxa 346: 31-58.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ansari, A.A. & Chauhan, V. (2020). Crotalaria L. in India: A supplement: 1-152. M/S Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh.
  • Du Puy, D.J., Labat, N.-N., Rabevohitra, R., Villiers, J.-F., Bosser, J. & Moat, J. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar: 1-737. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia, A Journal of Botanical Research 41: 41-82.
  • Isely, D. (1998). Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States: 1-1007. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Leverett, L.D. & Woods, M. (2012). The genus Crotalaria (Fabaceae) in Alabama. Castanea 77: 364-374.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pope, G.V., Polhill, R.N. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7): 1-274. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Silva Flores, A. & De Azevedo Tozzi, A.M.G. (2018). A synopsis of the genus Crotalaria (Leguminosae) in Brazil. Phytotaxa 346: 31-58.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Du Puy, D. J. et al. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
  • Polhill, R. M. (1982). A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam 389pp Crotalaria in Africa & Madagasca
  • Verdcourt, B. (1979). A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae, PNG

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 1968 Maitland, T.D. [1571] Cameroon K000086908 Yes
Jun 1, 1968 Maitland, T.D. [1571] Cameroon K000086907 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Maitland, T.D. [1693] Cameroon K000086910 Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Schweinfurth, G. [2751] Sudan K000412697 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Schweinfurth, G. [2435] Sudan K000412696 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lely, H.V. [P146] Nigeria K003197735 No
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2694] Botswana K001609374 Yes
Latilo, M.G.; Daramola, B.O. [FHI34409] Nigeria K003197736 No
Morton, J.K. [A2057] Ghana K003197713 No
s.coll. [83] Nigeria K003197734 No
Morton, J.K. [A1731] Ghana K003197714 Yes
Bos, J.J. [2588] Liberia K003197702 No
Irvine, F.R. [568] Ghana K003197707 No
Thomas, N.W. [793] Nigeria K003197730 No
Lamb, P.H. [74] Nigeria K003197719 No
Quashie, C.A. [s.n.] Ghana K003197710 No
Le Testu, M. [154] K003197717 No
Latilo, M.G.; Daramola, B.O. [FHI28965] Nigeria K003197738 No
Talbot, P. [1416] Nigeria K003197732 No
Irvine, F.R. [568] Ghana K003197708 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K003197725 No
Hepper, F.N. [1279] Nigeria K003197737 No
Stone, R.H. [11] Nigeria K003197740 No
Hepper, F.N. [1114] Nigeria K003197720 No
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2694] Botswana K001609373 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [5407] Sierra Leone K003197724 No
Irvine, F.R. [568] Ghana K003197709 No
Gwynn, A.M. [89] Nigeria K003197733 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [5049] Sierra Leone K003197729 No
Ujor, E.U. [30091] Cameroon K000086909 Yes
Adams, C.D. [5323] Ghana K003197706 No
Deighton, F.C. [3470] Sierra Leone K003197727 No
[J.] M. Davidson [6] Togo K003197715 No
Porembski, S.; Biedinger, N. [1302] Cote d'Ivoire K003197701 No
Dalziel, J.M. [339] Nigeria K003197721 No
Nyuiadzi, K.J. [115] Burkina Faso K003197718 No
Irvine, F.R. [1767] Ghana K003197712 No
[H. Miller] [[78]] Nigeria K003197739 No
Dalziel, J.M. [339] Nigeria K003197723 No
Lely, H.V. [576] Nigeria K003197722 No
Jackson, J.A.D. [293] Nigeria K003197731 No
Ern, H. [3198] Togo K003197716 No
Deighton, F.C. [3470] Sierra Leone K003197726 No
Deighton, F.C. [5237] Sierra Leone K003197728 No
Morton, J.K. [A3212] Ghana K003197711 No
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Liberia K003197703 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Legumes of the World Online

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