Crotalaria pallida — Details

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Erect, robust herb, often well-branched and shrubby, up to 2 m. Leaves 3-foliolate with elliptic to obovate leaflets, appressed puberulous below. Flowers in dense erect, spike-like inflorescences, pale lemon-yellow. Pods inflated, pendent, up to 5 cm. See Crotalaria rogersii for comparison.

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Distribution

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Crotalaria striata fo. latifoliolata De Wild.:
Zaire (Africa & Madagascar)

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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002

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Crotalaria pallida Aiton:
Burma (Asia)
Benin (Africa & Madagascar)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Bangladesh (Asia)
Bhutan (Asia)
Cambodia (Asia)
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
Ethiopia (Africa & Madagascar)
Gabon (Africa & Madagascar)
Ghana (Africa & Madagascar)
Gambia (Africa & Madagascar)
Guinea (Africa & Madagascar)
Guinea-Bissau (Africa & Madagascar)
Guyana (South America)
Chad (Africa & Madagascar)
Ivory Coast (Africa & Madagascar)
Indonesia (Asia)
India (Asia)
Kenya (Africa & Madagascar)
Liberia (Africa & Madagascar)
Laos (Asia)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Malawi (Africa & Madagascar)
Mali (Africa & Madagascar)
Madagascar (Africa & Madagascar)
Mozambique (Africa & Madagascar)
Namibia (Africa & Madagascar)
Nepal (Asia)
Niger (Africa & Madagascar)
Philippines (Asia)
Pakistan (Asia)
Malaysia (Asia)
Paraguay (South America)
Sierra Leone (Africa & Madagascar)
Cameroon (Africa & Madagascar)
Congo (Brazzaville) (Africa & Madagascar)
Central African Republic (Africa & Madagascar)
Burundi (Africa & Madagascar)
Burkina (Africa & Madagascar)
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Angola (Africa & Madagascar)
Cabinda (Africa & Madagascar)
Rwanda (Africa & Madagascar)
Sudan (Africa & Madagascar)
Senegal (Africa & Madagascar)
Sri Lanka (Asia)
Swaziland (Africa & Madagascar)
Thailand (Asia)
Togo (Africa & Madagascar)
Taiwan (Asia)
Tanzania (Africa & Madagascar)
Uganda (Africa & Madagascar)
Venezuela (South America)
Vietnam (Asia)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)
Zimbabwe (Africa & Madagascar)
Zambia (Africa & Madagascar)
Zaire (Africa & Madagascar)
China (Asia)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

Forzza, R. C. & et al. 2010. 2010 Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil. http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100002289
Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia. 369 pp. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1411
Liogier, H. A. 1988. Spermatophyta: Leguminosae to Anacardiaceae. Descr. Fl. Puerto Rico & Adj. Isl. 2: 1–481. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1871
Adams, C. D. 1972. Fl. Pl. Jamaica 1–848. University of the West Indies, Mona. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/61
Berendsohn, W. G. & A. E. A. González. 1989. Listado básico de la Flora Salvadorensis: Familia 118: Leguminosae. Cuscatlania 1(2): 1–16. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9808
Polhill, R. M. 1982. Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. Crotalaria Afr. Madag. 389 pp. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/456
Liogier, A. H. 1980. Novitates Antillanae. VIII. Phytologia 47(3): 167–198. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/341
Flora of China Editorial Committee. 1988-2013. Fl. China Unpaginated. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/42480
Howard, R. A. 1988. Leguminosae. Fl. Lesser Antilles (Dicotyledoneae–Part 1) 4: 334–538. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1877
Flora of China Editorial Committee. 2010. Fl. China 10: 1–642. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100000625
Bernal, H. Y. 1986. Crotalaria. 4: 1–118. In Fl. Colombia. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santafé de Bogotá. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/457
Bernal, H. Y. 1986. Crotalaria (Fabaceae---Faboideae). 4: 1–118. In P. Pinto-Escobar & P. M. Ruiz (eds.) Fl. Colombia. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santafé de Bogotá. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1006530
Novelo, A. & L. Ramos. 2005. Vegetación acuática. Cap. 5: 111–144. In Biodivers. Tabasco. CONABIO-UNAM, México. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1030036
Balick, M. J., M. Nee & D. E. Atha. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85: i–ix, 1–246. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1014725
Zamora Villalobos, N. 2010. Fabaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 5. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 119: 395–775. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100003899
Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. 2011. Flora de Antioquia. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares, vol. 2. Listado de las Plantas Vasculares del Departamento de Antioquia. Pp. 1-939. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100008595
García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. Meave del Castillo. 2011. Divers. Florist. Oaxaca 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100009052

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Crotalaria striata Schumach. & Thonn.:
Ghana (Africa & Madagascar)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002

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Crotalaria striata DC.:
Brazil (South America)
India (Asia)
Madagascar (Africa & Madagascar)
United States (North America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002
Barroso, G. M. 1965. Leguminosas da Guanabara. Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 18: 109–177. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1440
Ducke, A. 1953. As Leguminosas de Pernambuco e Paraiba. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 51: 417–461. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1441
Baillon, H. E. 1882-1894. Liste de plantes de Madagascar. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 330–1199 (sporadic pagination). http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1540
Candolle, R. E. A. d. 1901. Plantae Madagascarienses ab Alberto Mocquerysio lectae. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1(6): 549–587. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1950
Viguier, R. & H. Humbert. 1921. Plantes recoltees a Madagascar en 1912, I. Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie ser. 7, 3: 325–356. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/8932
Rutenberg, C. 1880-1889. Reliquiae Rutenbergianae. Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 7(1): 1–54; 7(2): 198–214; 7(3): 335–365; 9(4): 401–403; 10(3): 369–396. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/7755
Small, J. K. 1933. Man. S.E. Fl. i–xxii, 1–1554. Published by the Author, New York. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1515

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Crotalaria pallida Blanco:
Guyana (South America)
United States (North America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)

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Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1103
Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55: 1–584. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1033072

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Crotalaria mucronata Desv.:
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Venezuela (South America)
United States (North America)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Colombia (South America)
Madagascar (Africa & Madagascar)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Brazil (South America)
Belize (Mesoamerica)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/866
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946. Leguminosae. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(5): 1–368. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/26
Dwyer, J. D. & D. L. Spellman. 1981. A list of the Dicotyledoneae of Belize. Rhodora 83(834): 161–236. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1811
Garcia-Barriga, H. & E. Forero. 1968. Las Leguminosas: Mimosaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Papilionaceae. 3: 1–136. In Cat. Il. Pl. Cundinamarca. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/80
Leon, H. & H. Alain. 1951. Dicotiledoneas: Casuarinaceas a Meliaceas. Fl. Cuba 2: 1–456. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/65
Fournet, J. 1978. Fabaceae Flore illustree des phanerogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/459
Barreto, A., A. Lobaina & N. Enriquez. 1985. Leguminosas: nuevas localidades en Cuba. Acta Bot. Cub. 33: 1–5. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/504
Long, R. W. & O. K. Lakela. 1971. Fl. Trop. Florida i–xvii, 1–962. University of Miami Press, Coral Cables. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1506
Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Man. Vasc. Fl. Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/636
Steyermark, J. A. & O. Huber. 1978. Fl. Avila 1–971. Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/67
Peltier, M. A. G. 1959. Notes sur les Legumineuses - Papilionoidees de Madagascar et des Comores. J.A.T.B.A. 6:22–36, 185–188, 267–289, 482–486. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1459

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Worldwide distribution

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A pantropical species.

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National Distribution

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United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Tropics; a native of central and tropical America.

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Physical Description

Morphology

Physical Description

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Annual, Herbs, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems less than 1 m tall, Stems 1-2 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules inconspicuous, absent, or caducous, Stipule s free, Leaves compound, Leaves palmately 2-3 foliate, Leaves odd pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets 3, Leaves hairy on one or both surfaces, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence axillary, Inflorescence terminal, Inflorescence leaf-opposed, Bracts very small, absent or caducous, Flowers zygomorphic, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals orange or yellow, Banner petal suborbicular, broadly rounded, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Keel abruptly curved, or spirally coiled, Stamens 9-10, Stamens or anthers dimorphic, alternating large and small, Stamens monadelphous, united below, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Style hairy, Fruit a legume, Fruit stipitate, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit strongly curved, falcate, bent, or lunate, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit inflated or turgid, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit 11-many se eded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.

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Elevation Range

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200-1370 m

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Ecology

Population Biology

Frequency

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Frequent

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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Crotalaria mucronata

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 4
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Barcode data: Crotalaria pallida

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The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

No available public DNA sequences.

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Crotalaria pallida

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation

Conservation Status

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United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

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NatureServe Conservation Status

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Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

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