| Crotalaria microcarpa Hochst. ex Benth. |
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| Family : FABACEAE |
| 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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see more in the book |
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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 :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Bothalia 2: 401-402 (1927).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| 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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