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Crotalaria bequaertii Baker f. [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 bequaertii Baker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 42: 299 (1914). —Wilczek in F.C.B. 4: 215 (1953). —Torre in C.F.A. 3: 47 (1962). —Binns, First Check List Herb. Fl. Malawi: 78 (1968). —Polhill in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 993 (1971). —Drummond in Kirkia 8: 217 (1972). —Polhill, Crotalaria Africa & Madagascar: 368 (1982). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 168 (1989). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo (Katanga).
Crotalaria bequaertii var. pubescens R. Wilczek [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 23: 186 (1953); in F.C.B. 4: 215 (1953). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo (Katanga).
Information
Similar to C. alexandri, but with generally shorter hairs (0.1–0.3 mm long), the leaflets variable but often more wedge-shaped, broadest near the apex, subacute to rounded or often truncate, glabrous or shortly pubescent above, bracts much shorter than the pedicel, 0.5–1.5 mm long, and the pod 2-seeded. Seeds sometimes (Mbala region) with an aril.
Habitat
Open often disturbed places in woodland and short grassland, often on sand
Altitude range
950–1700 m.
1700
950
Distribution
Malawi C Kazungu Distr., Lisasadzi, fl. & fr. 9.iv.1955, Jackson 1621 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Chegutu Distr., Msengezi, fl. & fr. iv.1955, Conradie 1 (K; SRGH).Zambia S 8 km east of Choma, fl. & fr. 25.iii.1955, E.A. Robinson 1143 (K; SRGH).Zambia C Lusaka Distr., Great East Road between Undaunda and Rufunsa, fl. & fr. 6.iv.1972, Korna? 1550 (K).Zambia W Kitwe, fl. 10.iv.1957, Fanshawe 3158 (K; NDO).Zambia N Mporokoso Distr., Chiwala, 53 km west of Mporokoso, fl. & fr. 21.v.1961, E.A. Robinson 4674 (K; SRGH).Mozambique N Niassa, fr. 25.v.1961, Leach & Rutherford-Smith 10999 (SRGH, not seen).Malawi N Rumphi–Mzuzu road, 1 km from Engucwini, fl. & fr. 2.v.1970, Brummitt 11009 (K; LISC; MAL; SRGH).Zimbabwe N 27 km from Bindura to Mount Darwin, fl. & fr. 2.v.1971, Corby 2200 (K; SRGH).Zambia B Mongu Distr., 48 km Mongu–Kaoma (Mankoya), fl. & fr. 2.iv.1964, Verboom 1026 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Dem. Rep. Congo (Katanga)
Tanzania
Angola
Notes
As indicated by R. Wilczek in F.C.B. 4: 215 (1953) this species is rather variable in the shape of the leaflets, the length of the hairs and whether hairs occur on the upper surface of the leaflets. Plants from around Mbala are exceptional in sometimes having distinctly arillate seeds, e.g. Mbala, Golf Course, fl. & fr. 12.iv.1959, McCallum-Webster 708 (BR; K); Mbala, Sandpits, fl. & fr. 17.iv.1961, Richards 13787 (K; SRGH).
Crotalaria bequaertii Baker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
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