Fabaceae
Crotalaria

Crotalaria paulina Schrank

First published in Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac.: t. 88 (1821)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Colombia to Venezuela and NE. Argentina. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Avendaño, N. (2011). Revisión taxonómica del género Crotalaria L. (Faboideae-Crotalarieae) en Venezuela. Acta botanica Venezuelica 34: 13-78.
  • Bach, H.G. & Fortunato, R.H. (2014). Crotalaria vespertilio (Papilionoideae, Leguminosae) nuevo registro para el nordeste de Argentina y este de Paraguay. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 49: 393-400.
  • 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.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • 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.
  • Silva Flores, A. & De Azevedo Tozzi, A.M.G. (2018). A synopsis of the genus Crotalaria (Leguminosae) in Brazil. Phytotaxa 346: 31-58.
  • 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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/

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?
Sep 3, 2016 Leme, R.O. [6] Brazil K000893482 Yes
Mar 7, 2016 Brooks, R.R.; Reeves, R.D. [TMEX687] Brazil K000893485 Yes
Mar 7, 2016 Ratter, J.A.; Fonsêca, S.G.; Fonsêca Filho, J. [3170] Brazil K000893414 Yes
Mar 7, 2016 Anderson, W.R.; Hill, S.R.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R. [10138] Brazil K000893416 Yes
Mar 7, 2016 Gardner, G. [2525] Brazil K000188006 Yes
Mar 7, 2016 Gardner, G. [2525] Brazil K000187717 Yes
Mar 7, 2016 Gardner, G. [2525] Brazil K000188005 Yes
Jul 25, 1989 Pirani, J.R.; Harley, R.M.; Stannard, B.L.; Furlan, A.; Kameyama, C. [1798] Brazil K000893265 Yes
Aug 13, 1986 Carvalho, A.M.; Pereira, A. [2323] Brazil K000893263 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Pereira, E. [9813] Brazil K000893279 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Burchell [6371] Brazil K000893278 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Horris [3669] Brazil K000893269 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Regnell [s.n.] Brazil K000893267 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Burchell [3918] Brazil K000893271 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Pohl [s.n.] Brazil K000500560 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Breteler, F.J. [3622] Venezuela K001475753 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 [Pohl] [32] Brazil K000500559 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Regnell [III/405] Brazil K000893272 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Claussen, P.; Delessert, B. [58] Brazil K000893275 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Irwin, H.S.; Maxwell, H.; Wasshausen, D.C. [19959] Brazil K000893276 Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Irwin, H.S. [2598] Brazil K000893273 Yes
Glaziou, A. [20935] Brazil K000893270 Yes
Riedel [224] Brazil K000893281 Yes
Mexia, Y. [4230] Brazil K000893274 Yes
Riedel [2055] Brazil K000893280 Yes
Glaziou [15904] Brazil K000893268 Yes
Hunt, D.R.; Ramos, J.F. [5467] Brazil K000893277 Yes
Hoehne, W. [10414] Brazil K000893266 Yes
Heringer, E.P.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S.; Heringer Salles, A.E.; Silva, F.C. [4893] Brazil K000893264 Yes
Venezuela K001475753 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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