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Crotalaria sphaerocarpa DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Crotalarieae

GENUS: Crotalaria L.

Crotalaria sphaerocarpa DC. [Accepted]
    Crotalaria cernua Schinz {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [461]; Botswana (N) [461]
    Central African Rep. (N) [461]; Chad (N) [461]
    Lesotho (N) [461]; Malawi (N) [461]; Mali (N) [461]
    Mozambique (N) [461]; Namibia-ISO (N) [461]
    Niger (N) [461]; Nigeria (N) [461]; Senegal (N) [461]
    South Africa (N) [461]; Sudan (N) [461]
    Swaziland (N) [461]; Tanzania (N) [461]; Zambia (N) [461]
    Zimbabwe (N) [461]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; grassland. [461]
    Sudanian grasslands [461]
    Tongaland-Pondoland regional transition zone - grassland. [461]
    Zambezian grassland [461]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Annual
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  Two subspp.,sphaerocarpa & polycarpa (Polhill 1982, ref. 461).
  Several vars. recognised by other authors are sunk by Polhill (1982) ref.461.


DATA SOURCES:

461.

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

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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