Fabaceae
Crotalaria

Crotalaria lachnophora A.Rich.

First published in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 151 (1848)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Pope, G.V., Polhill, R.N. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7): 1-274. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 151 (1847)
  • Wilczek in Fl. Congo Belge 4: 129.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e54205. epublication.
  • 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.
  • Pope, G.V., Polhill, R.N. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7): 1-274. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Rich., Tent. PI. Abyss. 1: 151 (1847).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 191 (1952).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 548 (1958).
  • Milne-Redh. in Kew Bulletin 5: 351, fig. 3/1, 3, 5, 7 & 9 (1951).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 281 (1948).
  • Torre in Consp. Fl. Angol. 3: 70 (1962).
  • Wilczek in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 4: 129, fig. 6/C (1953).

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?
Apr 1, 1997 Munyenyembe, P. [883] Cameroon K000338550 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Letouzey, R. [8885] Cameroon K000093021 Yes
Jan 1, 1958 Welwitsch [1911] Angola K000227458 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1958 Gossweiler, J. [362] Angola K001276925 Yes
Jan 1, 1958 Gossweiler, J. [9456] Angola K001276928 Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Paton, A.J.; Tawakali, E.J. [3632] Malawi K003216587 Yes
Pawek, J. [6438] Malawi K003216595 Yes
Salubeni, A.J. [543] Malawi K003216584 Yes
Huntley, B.J. [3416] Angola K001604476 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Synge, A.H.M. [WC184] Malawi K003216596 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4506] Zambia K003216608 Yes
Synge, A.H.M. [WC265] Malawi K003216580 Yes
Johnson, W.P. [387] K003216577 Yes
Savory, H., J. [352] Cameroon K000086886 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [11803] Malawi K003216588 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003216582 Yes
Brunt, M.A. [677] Cameroon K000086887 Yes
Whyte, A.; Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Malawi K003216589 Yes
Pawek, J. [9771] Malawi K003216593 Yes
Angus, A. [2603] Zambia K003216605 Yes
Chisumpa, S.M. [170] Zambia K003216602 Yes
Whyte, A.; Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Malawi K003216592 Yes
Brunt, M.A. [898] Cameroon K000086882 Yes
Phillips, E. [3563] Malawi K003216594 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [6263] Zambia K003216606 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Rutherford-Smith, R.O.B. [6996] Zambia K003216610 Yes
Richards, H.M. [15185] Zambia K003216604 Yes
Ngoni, J.F. [205] Mozambique K003216575 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [1105] Malawi K003216579 Yes
Leach; Brunton [10368] Malawi K003216583 Yes
Boughey, A.S. [11138] Cameroon K000086881 Yes
Banda, E.A. [407] Malawi K003216590 Yes
Torre, A.R. [4330] Mozambique K003216576 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F2592] Zambia K003216613 Yes
Ujor, E.U. [30204] Cameroon K000086880 Yes
Johnson, W.P. [411] Mozambique K003216578 Yes
Parkyns, M. [s.n.] Ethiopia K000412845 Type Yes
Quartin-Dillon; Petit [s.n.] Ethiopia K000412848 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [11968] Malawi K003216581 Yes
White, F. [2439] Zambia K003216611 Yes
Moriarty, A. [530] Malawi K003216586 Yes
Richards, H.M. [1194] Zambia K003216599 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4506] Zambia K003216607 Yes
Brunt, M.A. [556] Cameroon K000086884 Yes
Lotter, M.C.; Turpin, B.C. [2035] Mozambique K003216574 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1415] Zambia K003216612 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F803] Zambia K003216609 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [161] Zambia K003216601 Yes
Richards, H.M. [4580] Zambia K003216598 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [8662] Malawi K003216585 Yes
Petit [s.n.] Ethiopia K000412846 Isosyntype Yes
Kornas, J. [1836] Zambia K003216600 Yes
Pawek [4681] Malawi K003216591 Yes
Savory, H., J. [387] Cameroon K000086885 Yes
Brunt, M.A. [545] Cameroon K000086883 Yes
Richards, H.M. [5437] Zambia K003216597 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [10586] Zambia K003216603 Yes

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