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 Malawi: 89 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| abbreviata Baker f. | N | |
| aculeata De Wild. subsp. aculeata | N | Description, Image |
| adamsonii Baker f. | N,S | |
| alexandri Baker f. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| annua Milne-Redh. | N | |
| anthyllopsis Welw. ex Baker | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| argyrolobioides Baker | N,S | Description, Image |
| axillaris Aiton | S | |
| barkae Schweinf. subsp. barkae | N,S | |
| barnabassii Dinter ex Baker f. | S | |
| becquetii R.Wilczek subsp. turgida Polhill | N,S | Description, Image |
| bequaertii Baker f. | N,C | |
| calycina Schrank | C,S | |
| capensis Jacq. | S | |
| caudata Welw. ex Baker | N,C | Description, Image |
| cephalotes Steud. ex A.Rich. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| chirindae Baker f. | N,C,S | |
| cleomifolia Welw. ex Baker | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| comosa Baker | C | Description, Image |
| congesta Polhill | N | |
| cylindrostachys Welw. ex Baker | N | Description, Image |
| dedzana Polhill | N,C | |
| deserticola Taub. ex Baker f. | N,C | |
| distans Benth. subsp. macaulayae (Baker f.) Polhill | S | |
| filicaulis Welw. ex Baker var. filicaulis | N,C | Description, Image |
| gazensis Baker f. subsp. gazensis | S | Description, Image |
| glauca Willd. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| glaucifolia Baker | N | |
| goetzei Harms | N,S | Description, Image |
| goreensis Guill. & Perr. | N | Description, Image |
| grandistipulata Harms | N,C | Description, Image |
| hyssopifolia Klotzsch | N,S | |
| incana L. subsp. purpurascens (Lam.) Milne-Redh. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| johnstonii Baker | N | |
| juncea L. | S | Description, Image |
| kipandensis Baker f. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| kirkii Baker | N | |
| laburnifolia L. subsp. laburnifolia | C,S | Description, Image |
| laburnoides Klotzsch | S | |
| lachnocarpoides Engl. | N,S | Description, Image |
| lachnophora A. Rich. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| lanceolata E. Mey. subsp. exigua Polhill [NrEnd] | S | |
| lanceolata E. Mey. subsp. lanceolata | S | Description, Image |
| lanceolata E. Mey. subsp. prognatha Polhill | C,S | |
| microcarpa Hochst. ex Benth. | N | Description, Image |
| morumbensis Baker f. | C,S | |
| natalitia Meisn. var. natalitia | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| natalitia Meisn. var. rutshuruensis De Wild. | N | Description, Image |
| nigricans Baker var. nigricans | N,C | Description, Image |
| nyikensis Baker | N,C | |
| ochroleuca G. Don | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| onobrychis A. Rich. | S | |
| oocarpa Baker | N | |
| orthoclada Welw. ex Baker | N | |
| pallida Aiton var. obovata (G. Don) Polhill | N,S | |
| pallida Aiton var. pallida | C,S | Description, Image |
| parvula Welw. ex Baker | N,C | Description, Image |
| phyllostachys Baker | N | |
| pilosiflora Baker [End] | N | Description |
| pisicarpa Welw. ex Baker | N,C | |
| podocarpa DC. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| polysperma Kotschy | S | |
| prolongata Baker | N,C | |
| pseudotenuirama Torre | N,C | |
| pudica Polhill | N,C | |
| recta Steud. ex A. Rich. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| reptans Taub. | N,S | |
| rhodesiae Baker f. | C | Description, Image |
| ringoetii Baker f. | N,S | Description, Image |
| rogersii Baker f. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| senegalensis (Pers.) Bacle ex DC. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| shirensis (Baker f.) Milne-Redh. | N,S | Description, Image |
| sparsifolia Baker | N,C,S | |
| spartea Baker | C,S | |
| sphaerocarpa Perr. ex DC. subsp. sphaerocarpa | S | Description, Image |
| steudneri Schweinf. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| stolzii (Baker f.) Milne-Redh. ex Polhill | N,C | |
| subcaespitosa Polhill | N,C,S | |
| subcapitata De Wild. var. subcapitata | N,C,S | |
| subcapitata De Wild. var. fwamboensis (Baker f.) Polhill | N | |
| subspicata Polhill | S | |
| tabularis Baker f. | N | |
| teretifolia Milne-Redh. | N | |
| valida Baker | N,C | Description, Image |
| variegata Welw. ex Baker | N,C | Description, Image |
| vasculosa Wall. ex Benth. | N,C,S | |
| virgulata Klotzsch subsp. forbesii (Baker) Polhill | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| virgulata Klotzsch subsp. pauciflora (Baker) Polhill | N,C | |
| virgulata Klotzsch subsp. virgulata | 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: 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
JSTOR Plant Science: Crotalaria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crotalaria
Plants of the World Online: Crotalaria
Tropicos: Crotalaria
Wikipedia: Crotalaria