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Crotalaria nitens Kunth

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HIGHER TAXON: Crotalarieae

GENUS: Crotalaria L.

Crotalaria nitens Kunth [Preferred name]
    Crotalaria bracteata Cham. & Schltdl. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria schiedeana Steud. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Cascabeles [1110]; Cascabelitos [1110]; Guachecito [1110]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Central America
Belize (N) [1242]; Guatemala (N) [1645]; Honduras (N) [1645]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1470, 1723]; Mexico(South East) (N) [1442, 1470, 1645, 1723]
  South America
Bolivia (N) [1289, 1442]; Brazil (N) [1194, 1231, 1414, 1442]; Colombia (N) [1110, 1442, 1645]; Ecuador (N) [1229]; Guyana (N) [2285]; Paraguay (N) [1442, 1645]; Peru (N) [1442]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1110, 1442, 1470, 1645] ; Illustration [1110]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Zarucchi JL

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1110.

  Bernal Malagon, H.Y., 1986
    Flora de Colombia 4:1-118 Crotalaria

1194.

  Cowan, R.S., 1957
    Los Angeles County Mus.Contr.Sci.13:1-22 Machris Brazilian

1229.

  Dodson, C.H. & Gentry, A.H., 1978
    Selbyana 4(1-6):372-396 Legum.In:Flora Rio Palenque Science

1242.

  Dwyer, J.D. & Spellman, D.L., 1981
    Rhodora 83(834):161-236 A List of Dicotyledoneae of Belize

1289.

  Foster, R.C., 1958
    Contr.Gray Herb.184:91-102 catalogue of...plants of Bolivia

1442.

  Macbride, J.F., 1943
    Publ.Field Mus.Nat.Hist.,Bot.Ser.13(3/1):1-506 Leguminosae

1470.

  McVaugh, R., 1987
    Flora Novo-Galiciana 5:1-786. Leguminosae

1645.

  Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A, 1946
    Fieldiana, Bot. 24(5):1-425 Leguminosae

1723.

  Windler, D.R., 1971
    Phytologia 21(4):257-266 New N.Amer. Unifoliolate Crotalaria

2285.

  Boggan, V. et al., 1993
    Checklist of plants of the Guianas. Univ.Guyana. Georgetown.
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