Crotalaria retusa

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Crotalarieae
Genus: Crotalaria
Species: Crotalaria retusa
Varietates: C. r. var. indica – C. r. var. retusa

Name[edit]

Crotalaria retusa L., 1753.

Synonyms[edit]

Crotalaria atusia Buch.-Ham. ex Steud.
Crotalaria cuneifolia (Forssk.) Schrank
Crotalaria hostmanii Steud.
Crotalaria retusifolia Stokes
Dolichos cuneifolius Forssk.
Hedysarum inaequale Noronha
Lupinus cochinchinensis Lour.

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Iran
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Oman, Saudi-Arabia, Yemen
- Regional: China
  - China Southeast, Hainan
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laccadive Is., Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sumatera.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Northern Territory, Western Australia
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Nicaragua, Panamá
- Regional: Western South America
  - Galápagos
Introduced into:
- Andaman Is., Angola, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Chad, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Leeward Is., Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Somalia, Southwest Caribbean, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is., Zaïre
Doubtfully present in:
- Kenya, Maldives, Nigeria, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 715. Reference page.

Links[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Crotalaria retusa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Crotalaria retusa. Published online. Accessed: Nov 03 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Crotalaria retusa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Nov 2020.
Hassler, M. 2020. Crotalaria retusa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 03. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Crotalaria retusa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names[edit]

বাংলা: অতসী
English: Rattlepod
ગુજરાતી: ઘુઘરા
हिन्दी: घुनघुनिया
português: Guizo-de-cascavel
中文: 吊裙草

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