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

Genus: Crotalaria
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Crotalarieae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 70208
Place of publication: Kew Bull. 22:266. 1968
Name verified on: 29-Jan-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 12-Sep-2005
Species priority site is: Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, Griffin, GA (S9).
Accessions: 13 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


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Common names:

  • slender-leaf crotalaria   (Source: Food Feed Cr [as C. intermedia]) – English
  • crotalaria intermedia   (Source: Mult Glossary Crops ) – Italian
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Economic importance:

  • Environmental: erosion control   (fide Leg WorldEc)
  • Environmental: soil improver   (for green manure fide Crot Afr Mad)

Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad; Ethiopia; Sudan
    East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
    West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Central African Republic; Rwanda; Zaire [n.e.]
    West Tropical Africa: Nigeria

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance.
  • International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
  • Polhill, R. M. 1982. Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. 190.
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  • Thulin, M. 1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223.
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.

Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Crotalaria brevidens Benth. var. intermedia (Kotschy) Polhill:

  • ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Images or nodulation data:

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  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?70208 (21 May 2013)

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