Crotalaria microcarpa Hochst. ex Benth. |
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Protologue : London J. Bot. 2: 573 (1843) |
Information on the genus : Crotalaria |
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Status
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Crotalaria microcarpa var. sudanica Baker f. |
=Crotalaria microcarpa var. dawei Baker f. |
=*Crotalaria polychotoma Taub. (1894) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Annual or short-lived perennial herb, woody at base, much-branched, 10-70 cm tall, with long appressed or spreading hairs; leaves short-petiolate, leaflets narrow, stipules setaceous; flowers few-numerous in heads or short lax racemes. |
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Ecology : |
Savanna with Hyparrhenia; deciduous Acacia-Commiphora bushland; valley riverine woodland and thicket; on sandy soils, but also gravel and hardpan (Burkina Faso); common weed of roadsides; widespread in drier parts of tropical Africa. |
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Botswana? |
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Also in Senegal, Ferlo région? |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- PEYRE DE FABRÈGUES B. & J. P. LEBRUN (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maison Alfort : 190
- PEYRE DE FABRÈGUES B. & J. P. LEBRUN (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maison Alfort : 190
- BOUDET G. & J.P. LEBRUN (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16 : 162
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:225 (2012)
- DARBYSHIRE, I. KORDOFAMI, M. & AL. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing : 166
- CÉSAR J. & C. CHATELAIN (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména : 502
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Bothalia 2: 401-402 (1927).
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More info on : |
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see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
see under The International Plant Name Index |
see under Flora of Mozambique |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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Record n°64311 modified 2009-06-16 |
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