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Crotalaria vasculosa Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Crotalarieae

GENUS: Crotalaria L.

Crotalaria vasculosa Benth. [Preferred name]
    Crotalaria rufocarpa Gilli {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Kenya (N) [461]; Malawi (N) [461]; Mozambique (N) [461]; South Africa (N) [461]; Tanzania (N) [461]; Uganda (N) [461]; Zimbabwe (N) [461]
  Asia
India (I) [1915]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [3057]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; wooded grassland [461];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [461];
    Tongaland-Pondoland regional transition zone - grassland. [461];
    Tongaland-Pondoland regional transition zone; wooded grassland [461];
    Zambezian grassland [461];
    Zambezian wooded grassland [461];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; grassland. [461];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transitional zone; wooded grassland [461];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 461, 3057, 3988] ; Distribution Map [461] ; Illustration [361]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3988] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb, Shrub [3057] ; Lifespan: Annual [3988] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
NOTES:
  This taxon has not been found on Mauritius. [1915]
  Type specimen is from a plant cultivated in Calcutta Botanic Garden, the seed [3988]
  allegedly from Mauritius. [3988]
  Native to East Tropical Africa. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

361.

  Gilli, A., 1971
    Ann.Naturhist.Mus.Wien 74:421-456.Beitrage zur fl.Tang.& Ke.

461.

  Polhill, R.M., 1982
    A.A.Balkema,Rotterdam 389pp Crotalaria in Africa & Madagasca

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

3057.

  Baker, J.G., 1877
    Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles

3988.

  Polhill, R.M., 1982
    Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar Balkema,Rotterdam
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