| Crotalaria sparsifolia Baker |
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| Family : FABACEAE |
| Protologue : Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 249 (1897) |
| 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 katongaensis R. Wilczek (1953) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Erect annual herb with slender ascending, silvery hairy, branches, 10-50 cm tall; leaves sometimes small or deciduous at flowering time, leaflets (3-1) linear; stipules absent; |
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| Ecology : |
Brachystegia, miombo woodlands and derived scrub, often in sandy places; rocky outcrop in Brachystegia woodland (Katanga); 900-2000 m alt. |
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Can be confused with C. oxyphylloides which differs in having a horizontal rootstock.
Related similar specimens from the Manika Plateau of Shaba (Zaire) are cited by Polhill, Crotalaria: 343-344, 1982 (Duvigneaud 2271P2, 3053 Cr); and from N Zambia (Gr |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
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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 Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°64418 |
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