Crotalaria agatiflora Schweinf.
subsp. imperialis (Taub.) Polhill

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Crotalaria agatiflora subsp. imperialis

Photo: David Hartung
Balmoral Road, Borrowdale, Harare

Crotalaria agatiflora subsp. imperialis

Photo: David Hartung
Balmoral Road, Borrowdale, Harare

Crotalaria agatiflora subsp. imperialis

Photo: David Hartung
Balmoral Road, Borrowdale, Harare

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Synonyms: Crotalaria imperialis Taub.
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Notes: Note: it is not clear from FZ whether these records are of naturalised or cultivated plants; here we have taken them as being purely cultivated.
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Worldwide distribution: Subsp. imperialis is native to the eastern DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya and southern Ethiopia
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Image last updated: Saturday 28 April 2012
Literature:

Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Page 89.

Polhill, R.M. (1982). Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. Pages 72 - 74. (Includes a picture).

Other sources of information about Crotalaria agatiflora subsp. imperialis:

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Flora of Burundi: Crotalaria agatiflora subsp. imperialis
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Crotalaria agatiflora subsp. imperialis

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crotalaria agatiflora
African Plant Database: Crotalaria agatiflora
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crotalaria agatiflora
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crotalaria agatiflora
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Crotalaria agatiflora
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Crotalaria agatiflora
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crotalaria agatiflora
JSTOR Plant Science: Crotalaria agatiflora
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crotalaria agatiflora
Plants of the World Online: Crotalaria agatiflora
Tropicos: Crotalaria agatiflora
Wikipedia: Crotalaria agatiflora


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated Plants: Species information: Crotalaria agatiflora subsp. imperialis.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species.php?species_id=164090, retrieved 11 December 2024

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