Fabaceae
Crotalaria

Crotalaria vitellina Ker Gawl.

First published in Bot. Reg. 6: t. 447 (1820)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Brazil, Cuba, Hispaniola. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a poison and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Leeward Is., Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Avendaño, N. (2011). Revisión taxonómica del género Crotalaria L. (Faboideae-Crotalarieae) en Venezuela. Acta botanica Venezuelica 34: 13-78.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Silva Flores, A. & De Azevedo Tozzi, A.M.G. (2018). A synopsis of the genus Crotalaria (Leguminosae) in Brazil. Phytotaxa 346: 31-58.
  • Silva Flores, A. & al. (2016). Lectotypifications and taxonomic changes in Brazilian Crotalaria L. (Leguminosae). Phytotaxa 267: 296-300.
  • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Avendaño, N. (2011). Revisión taxonómica del género Crotalaria L. (Faboideae-Crotalarieae) en Venezuela. Acta botanica Venezuelica 34: 13-78.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • S.Calderon & P.C.Standley (1944). Lista Preliminar de las plantas de El Salvador, ed. 2: 1-450. Ediciones culturales de la universidad de El Salvador.
  • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Leon, H. & Alain, H. (1951). Flora de Cuba 2:224-367 Leguminosas
  • Standley, P. C. & Steyermark, J. A (1946). Fieldiana, Bot. 24(5) :1-425 Leguminosae

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 22, 2016 Silva, L.F.; Tschá, M.C.; Hora, M.J. [93] Brazil K000893505 Yes
Sep 22, 2016 Figueirêdo, L.; Andrade, K.; Freire, E. [258] Brazil K000893506 Yes
Sep 22, 2016 Lucena, M.F.A.; Belo, S.; Silva, L.F.; Inácio, E. [53] Brazil K000893508 Yes
Sep 22, 2016 Hatschbach, G.G.; Barbosa, E. [79631] Brazil K000893487 Yes
Sep 22, 2016 Melo, M.R.C.S.; Oliveira, L.B.; Silva, V.M. [229] Brazil K000893509 Yes
Sep 22, 2016 Mansano, V.F.; Marquete, R. [06-359] Brazil K000893496 Yes
Sep 22, 2016 Melo, M.R.C.S.; Carvalho, M.T.; Sobrinha, V. [174] Brazil K000893507 Yes
Sep 22, 2016 Sazima, M. [10,870] Brazil K000893481 Yes
Nov 24, 2010 Sánchez, J.; Chacón, R. [2174] Costa Rica K001635290 Yes
Apr 1, 2009 Lucas, E.J. [507] Brazil K000893421 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Sazima, M. [10870] Brazil K000893483 Yes
Mar 1, 2007 Hora, M.J.; Andrade, K.; Freire, E. [60] Brazil K000893418 Yes
May 1, 2003 Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Penteado, M.I.O.; Costa, N.M.S.; Miotto, S.T.S. [7774] Brazil K000187990 Yes
Apr 1, 1998 Stannard, B.; Ganev, W.; Queiroz, R.F. [51567] Brazil K000893419 Yes
Oct 1, 1995 Marcon, A.B.; Oliveira, M.; Tschá, M. [40] Brazil K000187997 No
Oct 1, 1995 Sales Melo, M.R.C.; et al. [98] Brazil K000188001 Yes
Oct 1, 1995 Sales, M.; Rodal, M.J. [225] Brazil K000187995 No
Oct 1, 1995 Travassos, Z.; Sales, M.; Tschá, M. [259] Brazil K000187998 No
Oct 1, 1995 Borges, M.; Alcantara, M.; Barbosa, R.; Bezerra, A. [43] Brazil K000188000 No
Oct 1, 1995 Menezes, E.; Marcon, A.B.; Villarouco, F.; Oliveira, M. [86] Brazil K000187996 No
Jun 1, 1983 Lewis, G.P.; Carvalho, A.M. [763] Brazil K000188004 Yes
Jun 1, 1983 Lewis, G.P.; Carvalho, A.M. [763] Brazil K000188003 No
Mar 21, 1981 Sucre, D.; Ichaso, C.L.F.; Guimarães, E. [6126] Brazil K000893444 Yes
Mar 21, 1981 Brade, A.C. [16360] Brazil K000893445 Yes
Jun 1, 1979 Fevereiro, V.P.B. [639] Brazil K000187999 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Irwin, H.S.; Fonsêca, S.F.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R.; Ramos, J. [27436] Brazil K000893422 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.] Brazil K000893427 Yes
Rodríguez, D.; Molina, A. [7974] El Salvador K001625646 No
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T.; Mimura, I. [5932] Brazil K000893469 Yes
s.coll. [399] Brazil K000893439 Yes
Burchell [2192] Brazil K000893429 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000893438 Yes
Cuatrecasas, J.; Romero Castaneda, R. [24356] Colombia K001475795 Yes
Burchell [6710] Brazil K000893430 Yes
Sucre, D.; Braga, P.I.S. [3377] Brazil K000893442 Yes
Hoehne, W. [12957] Brazil K000893426 Yes
Gardner [1930] Brazil K000893441 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.] Brazil K000893425 Yes
Tweedie [1271] Brazil K000893435 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Stannard, B.; Longhi-Wagner, H. [CFCR6150] Brazil K000893420 Yes
Liene; Dimitri; Aparicio; Pereira, E. [3567] Brazil K000893443 Yes
Gardner, G. [2411] Brazil K000188002 Yes
Duarte, A.P. [4204] Brazil K000893446 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000893432 Yes
Gardner [29] Brazil K000893433 Yes
Glaziou [8647] Brazil K000893440 Yes
Graham [s.n.] Brazil K000893437 Yes
Hunt, D.R. [6362] Brazil K000893424 Yes
Griswald [s.n.] Brazil K000893434 Yes
Burchell [1410] Brazil K000893431 Yes
Burchell [1163] Brazil K000893428 Yes
Gillivray, J.M. [269] Brazil K000893470 Yes
Heringer, E.P.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S. [6779] Brazil K000893423 Yes
Glaziou, A. [19029] Brazil K000893436 Yes
de Lima, H.C.; et al. [3680] Brazil K003766361 No
Colombia K001475795 Yes
Colombia K001475796 Yes
Pohl [s.n.] Brazil Crotalaria vitellina var. glabrata K000500542 Type Yes
Claussen, P. [s.n.] Brazil Crotalaria vitellina var. glabrata K000500541 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardner, G. [2411] Brazil Crotalaria vitellina var. glabrata K000187977 Type Yes
Claussen, P. [59] Brazil Crotalaria vitellina var. glabrata K000500543 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0