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Crotalaria purpurascens

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Identification
Crotalaria purpurascens Lam. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Entry for Crotalaria incana subsp. purpurascens Lam. Milne-Redh. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 7, (2003) Author: various authors
Names
Crotalaria incana subsp. purpurascens Lam. Milne-Redh. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Kew Bull. 15: 159 (1961). —Polhill in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 870 (1971). —Drummond in Kirkia 8: 218 (1972). —Gonçalves in Garcia de Orta, Sér. Bot. 5: 66 (1982). —Polhill, Crotalaria Africa & Madagascar: 97, fig. 13 (1982). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 182 (1989). Type from Madagascar, cultivated in Paris.
Crotalaria purpurascens Lam. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Encycl. Méth. Bot. 2: 200 (1786).
Crotalaria incana [family LEGUMINOSAE], sensu J.G. Baker in F.T.A. 2: 31 (1871). —sensu E.G. Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 42: 357 (1914), pro parte. —sensu Verdoorn in Bothalia 2: 398 (1928) pro majore parte excl. specim. Eyles. —sensu Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 416 (1949). —sensu Wilczek in F.C.B. 4: 148 (1953). —sensu Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 550 (1958) pro parte.
Crotalaria incana forma lanata R. Wilczek [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 23: 147 (1953); in F.C.B. 4: 150 (1953). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo.
Information
Stem with long yellow-brown (or rarely white) spreading hairs. Bracts mostly 4–10 mm long. Calyx lobes spreading pilose. Seeds smooth, dark olive-green.
Habitat
Montane forest margins and secondary associations, grassland, disturbed places, readily becomes a weed of cultivation
Range
Principally in the highlands of eastern Africa and Madagascar, but with scattered records in western Africa and doubtfully in South America.
Altitude range
1000–1800 m.
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Distribution
Zimbabwe E Mutare Distr., Engwa, fl. 1.ii.1955, Exell, Mendonça & Wild 24 (BM; SRGH).Mozambique MS Messambize Valley, fl. & fr. 5.iii.1948, Pedro 3646 (LMA).Mozambique T Angónia Distr., andados 4 km de Calóbuè para Vila Coutinho, c. 1550 m, fl. & fr. 7.iii.1964, Torre & Paiva 11050 (LISC).Malawi S Zomba Distr., Likangala, fl. & fr. 15.vi.1956, Jackson 1863 (K; SRGH).Malawi C Dedza Distr., south of Dedza, Chincherere Hill, fr. 24.iv.1971, Pawek 4698 (K).Zimbabwe C Marondera (Marandellas), Grasslands Research Station, fl. & fr. 17.ii.1967, Corby 1766 (K; LISC; SRGH).Malawi N Viphya, fl. & fr. 8.vii.1952, Jackson 934 (K).Mozambique N Lichinga (Vila Cabral), fl. & fr. 8.viii.1934, Torre 275 (BM; COI; LISC).Zimbabwe N locality and date not recorded, Gebbie in GHS 3994 (SRGH).Zambia N Mbala Distr., Kapata, fl. & fr. 11.ix.1958, Fanshawe 4795 (K; LISC; NDO; SRGH).

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