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Taxon:  Crotalaria incana L. subsp. purpurascens (Lam.) Milne-Redh.



Summary
Genus:
Crotalaria
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Crotalarieae
Nomen number:
419081
Place of publication:
Kew Bull. 15:159. 1961
Verified:
11/19/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4 (4  active, 4  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Crotalaria incana L. (27 active accession[s])
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])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Crotalaria purpurascens Lam.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Crotalaria montana A. Rich.
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Reference(s)
  1. Corby, H. D. L. 1974. Systematic implications of nodulation among Rhodesian legumes. Kirkia 9(2):301-329.
  2. Du Puy, D. J. et al. The Leguminosae of Madagascar. 2002
  3. Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. 1991
  4. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
  5. Polhill, R. M. Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. 1982 97.
  6. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  7. Verdcourt, B. A manual of New Guinea legumes. 1979
  8. Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
Common names
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  
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
Naturalized ()
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=419081. Accessed 9 January 2025.

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