Fabaceae
Crotalaria

Crotalaria comosa Baker

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 34 (1871)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. 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.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • 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.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bak. f. in J. Linn. Soc. 42: 380
  • Wilczek in Fl. Congo Belge 4: 268.
  • in F.T.A. 2: 34 (1871)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Polhill, R. M. (1982). A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam 389pp Crotalaria in Africa & Madagasca

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1958 Gossweiler, J. [1334] Angola K001294178 Yes
Friis, I.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [13562] Ethiopia K003754584 Yes
Lock, J.M. [81/181] Sudan K003754578 Yes
Welwitsch [1960] Angola K000412599 Unknown Type Material Yes
Robertson, S.A. [1216] Ethiopia K003754593 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [7099] Ethiopia K003754596 Yes
Colville, J.W. [90] Eritrea K003754573 Yes
Ensermu, K.; Petros, E. [1933] Ethiopia K003754589 Yes
Sherif, I.M. [A4032] Sudan K003754581 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Assefa Hailu; Yitbarek, B. [11647] Ethiopia K003754587 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [7124] Ethiopia K003754595 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [13042] Ethiopia K003754586 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Host, P.; Wondafrash, M.; Kebede, S. [6947] Ethiopia K003754590 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7434] Sudan K003754582 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [50] Sudan K003754574 Yes
Friis, I.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [12644] Ethiopia K003754585 Yes
Evans, I.M.; Flenley, J.R. [368] Ethiopia K003754592 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1875] Ethiopia K003754591 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [11818] Ethiopia K003754588 Yes
Tadesse, M.; Kagnew, G.Y. [2276] Ethiopia K003754597 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1215] Sudan K003754583 Yes
Friis, I.; K. Vollesen [667] Sudan K003754577 Yes
Peers, A.W. [s.n.] Sudan K003754580 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2170] Sudan K003754575 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2717] Sudan K003754576 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Getachew, A. [3104] Ethiopia K003754594 Yes
Lock, J.M. [81/204] Sudan K003754579 Yes

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