3669.000 Crotalaria
Martins, E.S. et al. (2003) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7)
Description of the genus
Herbs, shrubs or rarely small trees (capensis and pallidicaulis). Stipules filiform to leaf-like, or 0. Leaves simple, 1-foliolate or digitately 3(-7)-foliolate, usually petiolate. Flowers usually yellow, variously marked, less often white or blue, usually in terminal leaf-opposed or less commonly axillary racemes or heads; bract and paired bracteoles usually present. Calyx usually with 5 subequal lobes. Standard usually with 2 appendages at the base inside; keel rounded to angled, generally with a well-developed beak. Stamens joined in a sheath; anthers arranged alternately with 5 long, basifixed and 5, smaller, dorsifixed. Style curved or geniculate, usually with 1-2 lines of hairs in the upper part, the basal portion thicker than the upper. Legume usually inflated, 1-many seeded. Worldwide: 600 species throughout the tropics (and subtropics), most numerous in eastern and southern tropical Africa Zimbabwe: 86 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| abbreviata Baker f. | C | |
| alexandri Baker f. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| anisophylla (Hiern) Welw. ex Baker f. | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| anthyllopsis Welw. ex Baker | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| barkae Schweinf. subsp. barkae | N,W,C | |
| barnabassii Dinter ex Baker f. | N,W,E,S | |
| bequaertii Baker f. | N,C | |
| bernieri Baill. | E | |
| capensis Jacq. | C,E | |
| caudata Welw. ex Baker | E | Description, Image |
| cephalotes Steud. ex A.Rich. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| chirindae Baker f. | C,E | |
| cleomifolia Welw. ex Baker | E | Description, Image |
| collina Polhill [NrEnd?] | C,E,S | Description, Image |
| cupricola Leteinturier [End] | N | |
| cylindrostachys Welw. ex Baker | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| damarensis Engl. | N,W,C,E,S | Description |
| deserticola Taub. ex Baker f. | N,C | |
| distans Benth. subsp. macaulayae (Baker f.) Polhill | N,W,C | |
| distans Benth. subsp. macrotropis (Baker f.) Polhill | C | Description, Image |
| distans Benth. subsp. mediocris Polhill | W,S | |
| eremicola Baker f. subsp. parviflora Polhill | N | |
| filicaulis Welw. ex Baker var. filicaulis | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| flavicarinata Baker f. | W | Description, Image |
| gazensis Baker f. subsp. gazensis | N,E,S | Description, Image |
| gazensis Baker f. subsp. herbacea Polhill | C,E,S | |
| glauca Willd. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| goreensis Guill. & Perr. | N | Description, Image |
| grandistipulata Harms | N | Description, Image |
| heidmannii Schinz | W,E | |
| hyssopifolia Klotzsch | E | |
| incana L. subsp. incana | E | |
| incana L. subsp. purpurascens (Lam.) Milne-Redh. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| insignis Polhill [NrEnd] | E | |
| inyangensis Polhill [End] | C,E | Description, Image |
| juncea L. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| kapiriensis De Wild. | W,C,E | |
| kipandensis Baker f. | N | Description, Image |
| kuiririensis Baker f. | N | |
| laburnifolia L. subsp. australis (Baker f.) Polhill | E,S | Description |
| laburnifolia L. subsp. laburnifolia | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| lachnocarpoides Engl. | E,S | Description, Image |
| lachnophora A. Rich. | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| lanceolata E. Mey. subsp. lanceolata | C,E,S | Description, Image |
| lanceolata E. Mey. subsp. prognatha Polhill | N,C,E | |
| lotoides Benth. | W,S | |
| macrocarpa E. Mey. subsp. matopoensis Polhill [End] | W | |
| microcarpa Hochst. ex Benth. | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| monteiroi Taub. ex Baker f. var. galpinii Burtt Davy ex I. Verd. | S | |
| monteiroi Taub. ex Baker f. var. monteiroi | S | |
| natalitia Meisn. var. natalitia | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| natalitia Meisn. var. rutshuruensis De Wild. | E | Description, Image |
| ochroleuca G. Don | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| orientalis Burtt Davy ex I. Verd. subsp. allenii (I. Verd.) Polhill & A. Schreib. | N,W | |
| pallida Aiton var. pallida | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| pallidicaulis Harms | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| phylicoides Wild [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | E | Description, Image |
| pisicarpa Welw. ex Baker | N,W,C,S | |
| platysepala Harv. | N,W,E,S | |
| podocarpa DC. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| polysperma Kotschy | N | |
| recta Steud. ex A. Rich. | C,E | Description, Image |
| reptans Taub. | N | |
| reptans- intermediates with pisicarpa | N | |
| rhodesiae Baker f. | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| rogersii Baker f. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| schinzii Baker f. | S | |
| schlechteri Baker f. | C | |
| senegalensis (Pers.) Bacle ex DC. | N,E | Description, Image |
| serpentinicola Leteinturier & Polhill [End] | N | |
| shirensis (Baker f.) Milne-Redh. | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| sparsifolia Baker | N | |
| spartea Baker | C,E | |
| sphaerocarpa Perr. ex DC. subsp. sphaerocarpa | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| spinosa Hochst. ex Benth. | N,C,E | Description |
| steudneri Schweinf. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| stolzii (Baker f.) Milne-Redh. ex Polhill | C,E | |
| subcapitata De Wild. var. subcapitata | E | |
| ulbrichiana Harms | N | |
| valida Baker | C,E | Description, Image |
| variegata Welw. ex Baker | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| vasculosa Wall. ex Benth. | E,S | |
| virgulata Klotzsch [Agg] | ||
| virgulata Klotzsch subsp. grantiana (Harv.) Polhill | S | Description, Image |
| virgulata Klotzsch subsp. longistyla (Baker f.) Polhill | N,C,S | |
| virgulata Klotzsch subsp. virgulata | N,W,E,S | Description |
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Flora of Malawi: cultivated Crotalaria
Flora of Mozambique: Crotalaria
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Crotalaria
Flora of Zambia: Crotalaria
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Crotalaria
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CrotalariaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crotalaria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crotalaria
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crotalaria
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crotalaria
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Wikipedia: Crotalaria