taxonID	type	description	language	source
03AA87DEC944FFECFF895935FC5DF9B3.taxon	description	Flowering & fruiting: May – September. Habitat: In grasslands along with Osbeckia nepalensis Hook. f., Melastoma malabathricum L., Uraria picta (Jacq.) Desv., Leea aequata L., Narenga porphyrocoma (Hance) Bor, Cymbopogon flexuosus (Nees ex Steud.) W. Watson and Themeda arundinacea (Roxb.) A. Camus. Distribution: Endemic to India. Specimen examined: Assam, Manas National Park, Bhuyanpara range, 26 ̊ 47 ’ 299 " N, 91 ̊ 09 ’ 97 " E, 150 m, 10.6.2017, D. Baro 4841 (CAL). Conservation status: Crotalaria meeboldii is neither listed in the Red Data Book of Indian Plants (Nayar & Sastry, 1987 - 90) nor in the IUCN Red List (IUCN, 2019) but mentioned as threatened (Ansari, 2008). The population of this species has been found surviving at a critical status with only a few individuals (<100 mature individuals) in grassland. Because of the grassland habitat, the site faces several anthropogenic pressures, e. g. grazing and prescribed fire for grassland management. Such human activities may completely wipe out the existing population. The extent of occurrence of the species is only less than 100 km 2. In the last three years, we observed a steady decline in the quality and territory size of the habitat. Accordingly the species is evaluated as Critically Endangered, as per IUCN Criteria B 1 ab (iii) and B 2 ab (iii) (IUCN 2012). Notes: In the protologue, the inflorescence is described as up to 50 cm long. But critical observation of fresh specimens and consultation of image of type specimen revealed that it is only up to 15 cm long.	en	Baro, Daimalu, Bawri, Amal, Borthakur, Sachindra Kumar (2019): Rediscovery of Crotalaria meeboldii (Fabaceae), a threatened species after more than a century. Rheedea 29 (4): 310-313, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2019.29.4.03, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2019.29.4.03
