Taxon:  Crotalaria pallida Aiton var. obovata (G. Don) Polhill



Summary
Genus:
Crotalaria
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Crotalarieae
Nomen number:
311062
Place of publication:
Kew Bull. 22:265.  1968
Verified:
06/22/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Crotalaria pallida Aiton (25 active accession[s])
Crotalaria pallida Aiton var. pallida (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Crotalaria obovata G. Don

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Crotalaria falcata Vahl ex DC.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. 1987. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117.
  2. National Herbarium of New South Wales. 1961-1984. Flora of New South Wales. Note: natzd.
  3. Polhill, R. M. 1982. Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar 186.
  4. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
  5. Thulin, M. 1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223.
  6. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNotecitation_id
2Cultivated    cult. throughout tropics0
4Naturalized    natzd. throughout tropics0
Cultivated (cult. throughout tropics)
Naturalized (natzd. throughout tropics)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=311062. Accessed 15 April 2026.