Crotalaria lanceolata E. Mey. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Crotalaria lanceolata E. Mey.

Summary

Genus:

Crotalaria

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Crotalarieae

Nomen number:

12336

Place of publication:

E. H. F. Meyer & J. F. Drège, Comm. pl. Afr. austr. 24. 1836

Verified:

09/12/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

19 (19 active, 8 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Crotalaria lanceolata E. Mey. subsp. lanceolata (0 active accession[s])
Crotalaria lanceolata E. Mey. subsp. prognatha Polhill (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
Bernal M., H. Y. 1986. Crotalaria (Fabaceae - Faboideae). Flora de Colombia. 1983- 4:56.
Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
International Seed Testing Association. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982
Lewis, G. P. Legumes of Bahia. 1987
Li, H. L. et al., eds. Flora of Taiwan. 1975-1979
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
National Herbarium of New South Wales. Flora of New South Wales. 1961-1984
Polhill, R. M. 1982. Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. 1982 193.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Yang, C. Y. 1983. On the problems of the classification of Crotalaria in China. Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 3(4):103.

Common names

English
lance crotalaria –
lance-leaf crotalaria –
French
crotalaire lancéolée –
Italian
crotalaria lanceolata –
Transcribed Chinese
chang guo zhu shi dou –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Madagascar
2	Cultivated
4	Naturalized

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar

Cultivated ()
Naturalized ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Animal food	forage		Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
Environmental	erosion control		Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981

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=12336. Accessed 9 January 2025.