Crotalaria leioloba Bartl., Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1837: 2 (1837) (syn: Crotalaria bodinieri H.Lév. ; Crotalaria canescens Wall. ; Crotalaria chiayiana Y.C.Liu & F.Y.Lu ; Crotalaria crassifolia Buch.-Ham. ; Crotalaria ferruginea Graham ex Benth. ; Crotalaria ferruginea var. chiayiana (Y.C.Liu & F.Y.Lu) S.S.Ying ; Crotalaria ferruginea var. major Benth. ; Crotalaria ferruginea var. pilosissima (Miq.) Benth. ex Baker ; Crotalaria lonchophylla Hand.-Mazz. ; Crotalaria pilosissima Miq. ; Crotalaria rufescens Franch. ); . Tropical & Subtropical Asia: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; .. India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh ; Arunachal Pradesh; Assam; Bihar; Gujarat; Himachal Pradesh; Karnataka ; Manipur; Meghalaya; Nagaland; Orissa; Rajasthan; Sikkim; Tripura ; Uttar Pradesh; West Bengal and other countries as per ILDIS; . Three four hairy species are quite confusing and we have to follow the following keys from Flora of Peninsular India as below: 36 Leaves elliptic lanceolate or oblong, more than twice as long as broad 38 Stipules prominent ovate lanceolate or lanceolate 39 Stem with spreading hairs 41 Pods slightly exserted, 15-20 seeded …. C.hirta 41 Pods much exserted , 20-35 seeds 42 Leaves villous beneath; bracts often 3 lobed; pods subsessile ….. C.mysorensis 42 Leaves appressed pubescent beneath; bracts simple; pods shortly stalked …. C.ferruginea 38 Stipules minute or 0. 43 Pods as long as or shorter than calyx 44 Calyx to 0.8 cm long; upper two lobes connate except at tip; pods globose … C.linifolia 44 Calyx to 2.5 cm long; lobes connate at base only; pods oblong …. C. calycina . Erect branched herbs, silky pubescent. Leaves to 5.5 x 1.5 cm, oblong, obovate, apex obtuse, apiculate, base cuneate, pubescent; petiole 1 mm, stipule 0.5 cm, lanceolate, ciliate. Racemes lax, 6-8 flowered; flowers yellow, pedicels 0.5 cm; sepals connate at the base, 1.5 cm, lanceolate, tomentose; keel sepal linear; standard petal 17 x 8 mm, orbicular; wings 10 x 5 mm, oblong, obtuse; keel united, 1.5 cm long, enclosing the stamens and pistil; anthers dimorphic, larger 3 mm, smaller 0.3 mm; ovary 4 mm, oblong, style constricted at the bent, 1.3 cm long, puberulus, stigma oblique. Pod 3 x 1 cm, oblong, glabrous, shining; seeds many. Flowering and fruiting: December-February Dry deciduous forests Indo-Malesia (Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi) .
SK 2336 21 December 2019 : 12 posts by 2 authors. 10 images- 5 to 7 mb each. Location: Nagarkot, Bhaktapur Date: 24 October 2019 Elevation: 2076m. Habitat: Wild Crotalaria prostrata Rottler ex Willd. ?? Looks different from Crotalaria prostrata Willd. Keys in Flora of Bhutan at Crotalaria lead me to (15. C. ferruginea Bentham), 16 (16. C. humifusa Bentham) & 17 (17. C. acicularis Bentham) I am ignoring the following on further checking these at Crotalaria humifusa Benth. as per details herein & Thank you …! Crotalaria ferruginea Graham ex Benth. Location: Relli River,Kalimpong, India Date: 24 May 2017 Altitude: 2000 ft. I also think so. Pl. check comparative images in efi site. Its Crotalaria L. Yes it is already mentioned in the caption that it is Crotalaria but which one? Could not find a match at comparative images at Crotalaria Does look like Crotalaria alata to me Has this ID not been considered? Crotalaria alata has flat, rather winged stem, isn’t it ? I tried again, but could not find match as per comparative images at Crotalaria Please have a look at Crotalaria triquetra. It looks close. I am not sure … if it matchs ! Looks different from images at Crotalaria triquetra Also does not have any distribution as per ILDIS It is late evening, I collected during my posting at Sikkim and it is C. ferruginea, immediate response and am confident, please do match and intimate. .
Location: Chalnakhel, Kathmandu, Nepal Altitude: 1700m. Date: 08 October 2023 Habit : Wild Syn : Crotalaria ferruginea Graham ex Benth. POWO, CoL, IPNI and Wiley Online Library says Crotalaria leioloba Bartl., as accepted name but GBIF, WFO and WP say Crotalaria lejoloba Bartl. This looks like some confusion we had earlier about Polygonum plebeium R.Br. and Polygonum plebejum R. Br. Please have a look. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/tax.13112 Go by IPNI (The final authority) .
Altitude : ca.1,500 m Date : 27-10-2023 Habit : Undershrub Habitat : Wild Please check https://efloraofindia.com/2020/01/08/crotalaria-lejoloba/ Yes, appears close as per images at
The following may be of help: Embryology and Apomixis in Grasses By T. Pullaiah, G. N. V. Febulaus (2000- Crotalaria longipes Wight & Arn. syn. Crotalaria subperfoliata Wight & Arn.) Pl. confirm. I think it may be Looks different from Crotalaria subperfoliata as per https://powo.science.kew.org/names:77084827-1 https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=3910431 Yes …, it is a short herb, whereas C. perfoliata is a shrub.
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