Fabaceae
Crotalaria

Crotalaria keniensis Baker f.

First published in Legum. Trop. Africa: 41 (1926)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Ethiopia to Tanzania. It is a scrambling subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 41 (1926).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 415 (1949).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill
  • 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?
Richards, H.M. [21881] Tanzania K003233055 Yes
Polhill, R.M. [2409] Kenya K003233016 Yes
Vanheist [396] Kenya K003233013 Yes
{Jex-Blake, Lady Muriel} [6045] Kenya K003233006 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13653] Kenya K003233015 Yes
Raynal, J. [19180] Tanzania K003233047 Yes
Carmichael [1243] Tanzania K003233052 Yes
Mwangangi, O.M. [465] Kenya K003233028 Yes
McDonald, J. [1282] Kenya K003233009 Yes
[Limning] [5751] Tanzania K003233058 Yes
Verdcourt [666] Kenya K003233037 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9605] Tanzania K003233043 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B4581] Kenya K003233032 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [950] Tanzania K003233064 Yes
Routledge, W.S. [s.n.] Kenya K003233022 Yes
Chandler, P. [2413] Kenya K003233018 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [1547] Tanzania K003233056 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [1913] Kenya K003233005 Yes
Major, E.J.; Lugard, C. [481] Kenya K003233002 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Hoft, M.; Mwatsuma, N. [8872] Kenya K003233023 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1677] Tanzania K003233065 Yes
Elliott, C.F. [28] Kenya K003233034 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [18517] Kenya K003233030 Yes
Newbould, J.B. [5620] Tanzania K003233046 Yes
Braun, K. [G5220] Tanzania K003233059 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th463] Uganda K003233000 Yes
Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [9060] Kenya K003233027 Yes
Chater Jack, F. [31] Kenya K003233007 Yes
Lugard, C. [320] Kenya K003233008 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [1547] Tanzania K:SPC-15478.000 No
Polhill, E. [17] Kenya K003233014 Yes
Richards, H.M. [23008] Tanzania K003233054 Yes
Battiscombe, E. [737] Kenya K000412651 Type Yes
Battiscombe, E. [737] Kenya K000412652 Type Yes
Haarer, A.E. [254] Tanzania K003233041 Yes
Wesche, K. [1425] Kenya K003233001 Yes
Baker, G.S. [329] Kenya K003233012 Yes
Geilinger [4946] Tanzania K003233062 Yes
Mwangangi, O.M. [393] Kenya K003233029 Yes
Routledge, W.S. [s.n.] Kenya K003233021 Yes
Och, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E. [592] Kenya K003233038 Yes
Bigger, M. [2132] Tanzania K003233053 Yes
Carmichael, W. [1715] Tanzania K003233051 Yes
Rogers, C.G. [88] Tanzania K003233033 Yes
Lewis, J.W. [289] Tanzania K003233045 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB5221] Kenya K003233035 Yes
Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q.; Butynski, T.; Ehardt, C.; Jones, T. [8626] Tanzania K003233063 Yes
Geilinger [3771] Tanzania K003233061 Yes
Grimshaw, J.M. [JMG9377] Tanzania K003233050 Yes
Pole Evans, I.B.; Erens, J. [934] Tanzania K003233060 Yes
Verdcourt [3720] Kenya K003233031 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [204369] Tanzania K003233042 Yes
Beckley, V.G.; Napier, E.R. [2175] Kenya K003233019 Yes
Tweedie [484] Kenya K003233003 Yes
van Someren [1747] Kenya K003233036 Yes
Mettam, R.W. [241] Kenya K003233004 Yes
Peter, G.A. [42395] Tanzania K003233057 Yes
Polhill, E. [153] Kenya K003233025 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9605] Tanzania K003233044 Yes
Scheffler, G. [2641] Uganda K003233039 Yes
Beckley, V.A. [2000] Kenya K003233020 Yes
Raynal, J. [19557] Tanzania K003233048 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [4411] Kenya K003233024 Yes
Bogdan, A. [4151] Kenya K003233010 Yes
Bogdan, A. [4151] Kenya K003233011 Yes
Ward, R. [1491] Kenya K003233017 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [19014] Kenya K003233026 Yes

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  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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