Fabaceae
Crotalaria

Crotalaria linifolia L.f.

First published in Suppl. Pl.: 322 (1782)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet

Extinct in:

Sri Lanka

Introduced into:

Caroline Is., New Caledonia, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ansari, A.A. & Chauhan, V. (2020). Crotalaria L. in India: A supplement: 1-152. M/S Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Ranasinghe, S. & al. (2020). The national red list 2020 - Conservation status of the flora of Sri Lanka: 1-254. Biodiversity secretariat, Ministry of environment and the national herbarium.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Zhu, X.Y., Zhang, R.P. & He, Y.L. (eds.) (2021). An inventory of legume species diversity of Myanmar: 1-297. China Minzu university press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Ranasinghe, S. & al. (2020). The national red list 2020 - Conservation status of the flora of Sri Lanka: 1-254. Biodiversity secretariat, Ministry of environment and the national herbarium.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 19, 2005 Cunningham, A. [s.n.] Australia K000217189 Yes
Jan 1, 1867 Thwaites [1277] Sri Lanka K000118053 No
Tsang, W.T. [968] China K003783501 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21749] India K003784342 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5400] K001120779 Unknown Type Material Yes
Furuse, M. [1780] Japan K003783490 Yes
Fang, W.P. [4943] China K003783500 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21713] India K003784348 Yes
Raizada, M.B. [23713] K003784340 Yes
Henry, A. [8313] China K001739848 Yes
Cunningham, A. [182] Australia K000217188 Yes
MacGillivray [s.n.] Australia K000217179 Yes
Herb Wight [[5420A]] K003784355 Yes
Mueller, F., von [s.n.] Australia K000217192 Yes
Guile, D.P.M. [5152] Hong Kong K003783491 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5400] K001120778 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5400] K001120780 Unknown Type Material Yes
Guile, D.P.M. [0452] Hong Kong K003783492 Yes
Mueller, F., von [s.n.] Australia K000217181 Yes
Mueller, F., von [s.n.] Australia K000217186 Yes
Mueller, F., von [s.n.] Australia K000217178 Yes
leg. ign. [s.n.] Australia K000217185 Yes
Bidwill [s.n.] Australia K000217183 Yes
Henry, A. [9423] China K003783495 Yes
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000217170 Yes
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000217191 Yes
Bourne [3278] India K003784353 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21731] India K003784347 Yes
Furuse, M. [4119] Japan K003783485 Yes
s.coll. [751] China K003783494 Yes
Mueller, F., von [s.n.] Australia K000217177 Yes
s.coll. [26] China K003783493 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [1259] China K003783497 Yes
Furuse, M. [1372] Japan K003783488 Yes
[Morse] [647] China K003783496 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [15749] India K003784350 Yes
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000217171 Yes
Nakaike, T. [s.n.] Japan K003783487 Yes
Damel [s.n.] Australia K000217175 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [5734A] K003784344 Yes
Bynoe [s.n.] Australia K000217187 Yes
Raizada, M.B. [23670] K003784339 Yes
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000217172 Yes
Cunningham, A. [s.n.] Australia K000217174 Yes
s.coll. [1914] K003784349 Yes
Rao, P.S. [PSRGVRR5] India K003784356 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [3980] China K003783498 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21718] India K003784343 Yes
Armstrong [406] Australia K000217184 Yes
MacGillivray [s.n.] Australia K000217180 Yes
Cunningham, A. [s.n.] Australia K000217176 Yes
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000217190 Yes
Anderson [s.n.] K001294098 Yes
Oldham, R. [153] China K003783502 Yes
MacGillivray, J. [s.n.] Australia K000217173 Yes
Fung, H. [20416] China K003783499 Yes
Bourne [s.n.] India K003784352 Yes
Bidwill [s.n.] Australia K000217182 Yes
Furuse, M. [709] Japan K003783489 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [12595] India K003784351 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21715] India K003784345 Yes
Gray's, C. [s.n.] K003784341 Yes
Furuse, M. [4367] Japan K003783486 Yes
Herb Wight [672] K003784357 Yes
[Benth] [654] India K000118024 Type Yes
[A. Catcadum] [[5384a]] K003784354 Yes
s.coll. [94] China K003783503 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21730] India K003784346 Yes
Jan 1, 1919 Wallich [s.n.] India Crotalaria tecta K000591078 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1919 s.coll. [5397] India Crotalaria tecta K000591079 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1919 Wallich [s.n.] India Crotalaria tecta K000591077 Type Yes
Bourne [1311] India Crotalaria tecta K003784361 Yes
Herb Wight [620] India Crotalaria tecta K003784364 Yes
Matthew, K.M.; Rajendran, N. [43777] India Crotalaria tecta K003784362 Yes
Thomson [s.n.] India Crotalaria tecta K003784365 Yes
[Capt Seburne] [114] India Crotalaria tecta K003784366 Yes
Herb Wight [625] India Crotalaria tecta K003784360 Yes
s.coll. [105] India Crotalaria tecta K003784358 Yes
Herb Wight [211] India Crotalaria tecta K003784363 Yes
Herb Wight [625] India Crotalaria tecta K003784359 Yes

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