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Taxon:  Crotalaria brevidens Benth. var. intermedia (Kotschy) Polhill



Summary
Genus:
Crotalaria
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Crotalarieae
Nomen number:
70208
Place of publication:
Kew Bull. 22:266. 1968
Verified:
01/29/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
14 (14  active, 3  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Crotalaria brevidens Benth. (3 active accession[s])
Crotalaria brevidens Benth. var. brevidens (0 active accession[s])
Crotalaria brevidens Benth. var. parviflora (Baker f.) Polhill (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Crotalaria intermedia Kotschy

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Reference(s)
  1. Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
  2. Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
  3. International Seed Testing Association. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982
  4. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  5. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  6. Polhill, R. M. 1982. Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. 1982 190.
  7. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  8. Thulin, M. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. 1983
  9. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Common names
English
slender-leaf crotalaria –
Italian
crotalaria intermedia –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
2Cultivated     
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalerosion control Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
Environmentalsoil improver Polhill, R. M. 1982. Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. 1982 190.
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=70208. Accessed 10 January 2025.

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