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Taxon:  Crotalaria incana L.



Summary
Genus:
Crotalaria
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Crotalarieae
Nomen number:
12329
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:716. 1753
Verified:
12/30/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
27 (27  active, 4  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Crotalaria incana L. subsp. incana (1 active accession[s])
Crotalaria incana L. subsp. incana var. grandiflora Windler et al. (0 active accession[s])
Crotalaria incana L. subsp. incana var. incana (0 active accession[s])
Crotalaria incana L. subsp. incana var. nicaraguensis H. Senn (0 active accession[s])
Crotalaria incana L. subsp. purpurascens (Lam.) Milne-Redh. (4 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
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Common names
English
silver rattlepod –
woolly rattlepod –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeNorthern America Mexico  
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilBahia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPara 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAnguilla  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamas  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBarbados  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCayman Islands  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGrenada  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanNetherlands Antilles  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanPuerto Rico  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and GrenadinesSt. Vincent 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanVirgin Islands (British)  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanVirgin Islands (U.S.)  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaEl Salvador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
4Naturalized     
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Bahia, Para]
  • CARIBBEAN: Anguilla, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and Grenadines [St. Vincent], Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.)
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Polhill, R. M. 1982. Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. 1982 95.
Weed  Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=12329. Accessed 9 January 2025.

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