Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Crotalaria microphylla M.Vahl.

Crotalaria microphylla M.Vahl

HIGHER TAXON: Crotalarieae

GENUS: Crotalaria L.

Crotalaria microphylla M.Vahl [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Chad (N) [461]; Djibouti (N) [461]; Egypt (N) [461]; Ethiopia (N) [461]; Mauritania (N) [461]; Niger (N) [461]; Somalia (N) [461]; Sudan (N) [461]
Middle East: Saudi Arabia (N) [461, 1859]; Yemen (N) [1939]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sahel regional transition zone; grassland [461];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [461];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [461, 1859] ; Distribution Map [332, 461] ; Illustration [481]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

332.		Lebrun, J.-P., 1977
		IEMVPT Et.Bot.4. Elem atlas pl.vasc. de l'Afrique seche. 1

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

481.		Lebrun, J.-P., 1971
		Adansonia ser.2,11:107-17.Plantes...du Niger III

1859.		Collenette, 1985
		Flowers of Saudi Arabia

1939.		Lock, J.M. & Simpson, K., 1991
		Legumes of West Asia: A Checklist. RBG, Kew.