Crotalaria L. (Fabaceae: Faboideae) in continental Southeast Asia
Author
Ninkaew, Sakuntala
Department of Biology, and Center of Excellence on Biodiversity (BDC), Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
Author
Balslev, Henrik
Section Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity, Department Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 116, DK- 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark * Corresponding author: chantaranothai @ gmail. com
chantaranothai@gmail.com
Author
Pornpongrungrueng, Pimwadee
Department of Biology, and Center of Excellence on Biodiversity (BDC), Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
Author
Chantaranothai, Pranom
Department of Biology, and Center of Excellence on Biodiversity (BDC), Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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Phytotaxa
2017
2017-09-08
320
1
448
450
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.320.1.1
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.320.1.1
1179-3163
13699110
8.
Crotalaria cambodiensis
Phon (1981: 112)
.
Type
:—
CAMBODIA
.
Battambang
,
23 October 1927
,
Poilane
14362
(
holotype
P022974495
!).
Herb, erect,
17–35 cm
high; young branches terete, brown pubescent.
Leaves
simple.
Stipules
narrowly linear,
1–2 mm
long, brown pubescent, caducous.
Petioles
0.3–1.3 mm
long.
Lamina
oblong, 0.4–2.3 ×
0.1–0.3 cm
, base cuneate or obtuse, apex acute or obtuse,margin entire, brown puberulous upper,brown pubescent lower; lateral veins inconspicuous.
Inflorescences
terminal or leaf-opposed, capitate racemes,
1–2 cm
long; peduncle
2–12 mm
long, brown pubescent.
Bracts
narrowly linear,
1.5–2 mm
long, persistent.
Pedicels
2–4 mm
long, brown pubescent.
Bracteoles
inserted on the calyx tube, narrowly linear,
2–3 mm
long, persistent.
Calyx
5–6 mm
long, campanulate, bilabiate; tube
1–2 mm
long; lobes triangular, ca.
4 mm
long, glabrous inside, brown pubescent outside.
Corolla
yellow.
Standard
: claw ca.
1 mm
long, white tomentose above and along the margin, glabrous below; blade ovate, ca. 4 ×
2.5 mm
, base obtuse, apex obtuse, margin glabrous.
Wings
: claw ca.
0.5 mm
long, glabrous; blade lanceolate, ca. 3.5 ×
1.2 mm
, base oblique, apex obtuse, margin glabrous.
Keel
: claw ca.
1 mm
glabrous; blade ovate, ca. 3.5 ×
1.8 mm
, beak spirally twisted, base cuneate, apex attenuate, margin glabrous.
Stamens
: filaments fused for proximal
1.8–2 mm
, free for distal
1–1.3 mm
; anthers either narrowly linear,
0.5–0.7 mm
long or elliptic,
0.2–0.3 mm
long.
Ovary
sessile, oblong, ca.
1.5 mm
long, glabrous; style ca.
2.7 mm
long, adaxially white pubescent in a single line along the distal edge, abaxially glabrous.
Pods
sessile, elliptic, 5–7 ×
2.5–3 mm
, brown, glabrous.
Seeds
reniform, 1.8–2 ×
1.2–1.5 mm
, brown.
Distribution:
—Asia (
Cambodia
). (
Figure 7
).
Ecology:
—Elevation ca.
156 m
.
Notes:
—
Crotalaria cambodiensis
is only known from the
type
specimen. It is distinguished by its capitate inflorescences, the ovate standard and the ovary and pods which are sessile.