Crotalaria schumanniana Harms (1897: 89) Crotalaria cleomifolia var. seretii Wildeman (1910: 198) Crotalaria cleomifolia var. kassneri Baker (1914: 351) Crotalaria keilii Baker (1914: 349) Crotalaria longibracteata Wildeman (1924: 500) Crotalaria cleomifolia var. parviflora Baker (1933: 180) Crotalaria cleomifolia var. iodesia Chiovenda (1935: 26) Calyx Corolla Crotalaria L. (Fabaceae: Faboideae) in continental Southeast Asia Ninkaew, Sakuntala Balslev, Henrik Pornpongrungrueng, Pimwadee Chantaranothai, Pranom Phytotaxa 2017 2017-09-08 320 1 448 450 ZNCL Welwitsch ex Baker (1871: 43) Welwitsch ex Baker 43 1871 [183,825,482,509] Magnoliopsida Fabaceae Crotalaria Plantae Fabales 19 Tracheophyta species cleomifolia   Welwitsch 1966(  holotype LISU n.v., isotype BM000843459!).   =   Crotalaria schumanniana  Harms (1897: 89).  Type:— SOMALIA. Coromma,  August 1893,  Riva1407( holotypeB n.v., isotype BM000843463!).  =   Crotalaria cleomifolia var. seretii Wildeman (1910: 198).  Type:— ZAIRE. Orientale, Amadito Surongga,  Seret354( holotypeBR n.v.).  =   Crotalaria cleomifolia var. kassneri Baker (1914: 351).  Type:— KENYA. Kitu: Galunka,  28 May 1902,  Kassner838( isotypes BM000843460!, K000412627!).  =   Crotalaria keilii  Baker (1914: 349).  Type:— BURUNDI. Usumbura,  Keil87( holotypeB n.v., isotype BM000843461!).  =   Crotalaria longibracteata  Wildeman (1924: 500).  Type:— ZAIRE. Ruwenzori, Butagu valley,  18 April 1914,  Bequaert3797( holotypeBR n.v.).  =   Crotalaria cleomifolia var. parviflora Baker (1933: 180).  Type:— ZAIRE. Orientale, Faradjeto Aru,  August 1913,  Lebrun3497( holotypeBR n.v., isotype BM000843462!).  =   Crotalaria cleomifolia var. iodesia Chiovenda (1935: 26).  Type:— KENYA. Nyeri,  Balbo205( holotypeTOM n.v.). Herb or shrublet, erect, 0.5–2 mhigh; young branches terete, brown pubescent. Leavesdigitately 5-foliolate. Stipulestriangular, 1.5–3 × 0.5–1.5 mm, brown pubescent, persistent. Petioles 2–5 cmlong, brown pubescent. Petiolules 1.5–2 mmlong. Leafletsobovate, 2–7.5 × 0.5–2.3 cm, base cuneate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous upper, brown pubescent lower; lateral veins 6–10 pairs. Inflorescencesterminal, open racemes, 17–37 cmlong; peduncle 4–6.5 cmlong, brown pubescent. Bractsnarrowly linear, 3–5 mmlong, pesistent. Pedicels 5–8 mmlong, brown pubescent. Bracteolesinserted on the calyx tube, triangular, 3–3.5 × 0.8–1 mm, brown pubescent, caducous.  Calyx 4.8–5 mmlong, truncate; tube 2.5–3 mmlong; lobes subequal, narrowly linear, 2–2.3 mmlong, glabrous inside, brown pubescent outside.  Corollayellow. Standard: claw 5–6 mmlong, white tomentose above and along the margin, at the apex with appendages, glabrous below; blade broadly ovate, 12–13 × 9–9.2 mm, base rounded or subcordate, apex rounded, margin glabrous. Wings: claw 4.8–5 mmlong, glabrous, margin white puberulous; blade oblong, 12–13 × 4–4.8 mm, base cuneate, apex obtuse, margin glabrous. Keel: claw 5–6 mmlong, glabrous, margin sparsely white puberulous; blade obovate, 12–13 × 6–7 mm, beak not twisted, base oblique, apex attenuate, margin white pubescent. Stamens: filaments fused for proximal 10–12 mm, free for distal 3–7 mm; anthers either narrowly linear, 2–2.2 mmlong or oblong, 0.7–0.8 mmlong. Ovarywith 2–2.2 mmlong stipe, oblong or oblanceolate, 5.5–6 mmlong, brown pubescent; style 10–12 mmlong, adaxially white pubescent in a single line along the distal edge from the middle towards the apex, abaxially glabrous. Podswith 3–5 mmlong stipe, oblong, 4–5 × 0.4–0.5 cm, brown, rusty tomentose. Seedsreniform, 2–3 × 1–1.5 mm, black-brown.   Representative specimens:—  MALAYSIA. Pahang: Cameron Highlands,  23 August 1977, Lewis 170( KEP).  VIETNAM. Lam Dong: Da Lat,  10 January 1980, Khoi 97( HN).   Distribution:—North America, Africa, Asia ( Vietnam, Malaysia). ( Figure 8).   Ecology:—Roadsides, disturbed areas and secondary forests, elevation 1500 −1700 m.  Notes:—  Crotalaria cleomifoliais distinguished by its obovate and digitately 5-foliolate leaflets, the beak of keel is not twisted and the pods that are rusty tomentose. [840,1447,484,509] 1857-02 Angola Pungo Andongo 19 1 [326,836,520,545] LISU 19 BM000843459 2 holotype [424,608,558,579] 1893-08 B Somalia Riva Type Coromma 19 BM000843463 2 holotype [386,726,630,651] BR Democratic Republic of the Congo Type Surongga Amadi 19 1 Orientale holotype [393,719,702,723] 1902-05-28 BM, K Kenya Kassner Type Galunka 19 BM000843460, K000412627 1 isotype [317,496,774,795] B Burundi Keil Type Usumbura 19 BM000843461 2 holotype [411,631,810,831] 1914-04-18 BR Democratic Republic of the Congo Bequaert Type Butagu valley 19 1 holotype [372,688,882,903] 1913-08 BR Democratic Republic of the Congo Type Aru Faradje 19 BM000843462 2 Orientale holotype [377,707,954,975] TOM Kenya Balbo Type 19 1 Nyeri holotype [537,1448,1636,1661] 1977-08-23 KEP Malaysia Pahang 19 1 Pahang [136,863,1672,1697] 1980-01-10 HN Da Lat Vietnam Lam Dong 19 1 Lam Dong