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Crotalaria gazensis subsp. gazensis [family LEGUMINOSAE]

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

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 gazensis subsp. gazensis [family LEGUMINOSAE], —Polhill, Crotalaria Africa & Madagascar: 126, fig. 18/3 (1982). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 179 (1989).
Information
Shrubby; leaflets mostly rounded at the apex, often drying blackish; petioles mostly 3–16 mm long, much exceeding the stipules.
Habitat
Edges of montane forest and associated bushland or grassland, extending into miombo woodland probably mainly along the rivers
Range
Principally along the mountainous Zimbabwe–Mozambique border but with records as far west as Gokwe and east to Gorongosa
Altitude range
800–2200 m. 2200 800
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Mutare Distr., Himalayas, Banti North, fl. 4.iii.1954, Wild 4501 (K; LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe S Bikita Distr., Mt. Hozvi (Horzi), fl. & fr. 9.v.1969, Moyo in GHS 194457 (K; SRGH).Mozambique MS Sussundenga Distr., Mavita, fl. 8.iv.1948, Barbosa 1382 (BM; LISC); Serra Mocuta (Macuta), south side, fl. 3.vi.1971, Pope 447 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe N Gokwe, fl. & fr. 12.iii.1964, Bingham 1339 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Mt. Mulanje, Linji Falls, 21.ii.1986, Chapman 7236 (K; MO).
Crotalaria gazensis subsp. gazensis [family LEGUMINOSAE]
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