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Crotalaria L.

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Crotalaria L., Sp. Pl. 714-716 (1753)
Crotalaria L.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
714-716
ICN
Crotalaria L.
genus
Crotalaria

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Crotalaria

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Crotalaria L.

Herbs or shrubs. Lvs usually simple or 3-(7)-foliolate, petiolate or subsessile; leaflets entire; stipules filiform to foliaceous or 0. Infl. usually racemose and terminal or lf-opposed; fls sometimes solitary or in axillary clusters; bracts small or 0, rarely foliaceous; bracteoles small, rarely 0. Calyx teeth 5, free or connate with calyx appearing 3-4-toothed. Corolla usually yellow or yellow-green. Stamens connate into a split tube; alternate anthers long and basifixed or short and versatile. Style incurved, bearded above; stigma small. Pod globose or oblong, usually inflated, dehiscent, 1-many-seeded; seeds estrophiolate.

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Crotalaria L.
Crotalaria
Crotalaria L.

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Crotalaria L.
China
Crotalaria L.
French Polynesia
Crotalaria L.
United States

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e45219a2-8f94-44ba-b8d7-351f47b91387
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
4 September 2008
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