Crotalaria
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Crotalaria

blue rattlesnake
rattlebox
rattleweed
shakeshake
sunn hemp

Hierarchical position of the Genus Crotalaria

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.
  
   Ordo  Fabales Bromhead
pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838.
common name: legumes
  
   Familia  Fabaceae Lindl.
pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 148. Jul 1836.
common name: Leguminosae
  
   Subtribus  Crotalariinae Benth. & Hook.f.
pub. Gen. Pl. 1: 440. 19 Oct 1865.
   Genus  Crotalaria L.
pub. (1753)
common name: rattlebox

Named members of the Genus Crotalaria

1
   Species  alata Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
common name: rattlebox
2
   Species  alba L.
syn. Baptisia alba var. alba
3
   Species  angulata auct. non P. Mill.
syn. Crotalaria rotundifolia
4
   Species  assamica Benth.
common name: Indian rattlebox
5
   Species  avonensis K.R. DeLaney & Wunderlin
common name: Avon Park rattlebox
6
   Species  berteriana DC.
common name: Berteron's rattlebox
7
   Species  biflora L.
common name: twoflower rattlebox
8
   Species  brevidens Benth.
 
9
   Varietas  brevidens
common name: Ethiopian rattlebox
10
   Varietas  intermedia (Kotschy) Polhill
common name: Ethiopian rattlebox
11
   Species  breviflora DC.
common name: shortflower rattlebox
12
   Species  falcata Vahl ex DC.
syn. Crotalaria pallida var. obovata
13
   Species  grantiana Harvey
syn. Crotalaria virgulata ssp. grantiana
14
   Species  incana L.
common name: shakeshake
15
   Species  intermedia Kotschy
syn. Crotalaria brevidens var. intermedia
16
   Species  juncea L.
common name: sunn hemp
17
   Species  lanceolata E. Mey.
common name: lanceleaf rattlebox
18
   Species  linaria Small
syn. Crotalaria rotundifolia
19
   Species  longirostrata Hook. & Arn.
common name: longbeak rattlebox
20
   Species  lotifolia L.
 
21
   Varietas  eggersii Senn
syn. Crotalaria lotifolia
22
   Species  maritima Chapman
 
23
   Varietas  linaria (Small) Senn
syn. Crotalaria rotundifolia
24
   Species  micans Link
common name: Caracas rattlebox
25
   Species  mucronata Desv.
syn. Crotalaria pallida var. obovata
26
   Species  mysorensis Roth
common name: rattlebox
27
   Species  ochroleuca G. Don
common name: slender leaf rattlebox
28
   Species  pallida Ait.
 
29
   Varietas  obovata (G. Don) Polhill
common name: smooth rattlebox
30
   Species  paulina Schrank
common name: rattlebox
31
   Species  pumila Ortega
common name: low rattlebox
32
   Species  purshii DC.
 
33
   Varietas  bracteolifera Fern.
syn. Crotalaria purshii
34
   Species  retusa L.
common name: rattleweed
35
   Species  retzii A.S. Hitchc.
syn. Crotalaria spectabilis
36
   Species  rotundifolia Walt. ex J.F. Gmel.
 
37
   Varietas  vulgaris Windler
syn. Crotalaria rotundifolia
38
   Species  sagittalis L.
 
39
   Varietas  blumeriana Senn
syn. Crotalaria sagittalis
40
   Varietas  fruticosa (P. Mill.) Fawcett & Rendle
syn. Crotalaria sagittalis
41
   Varietas  oblonga Michx.
syn. Crotalaria sagittalis
42
   Species  saltiana Andr.
common name: African rattlebox
43
   Species  spectabilis Roth
common name: showy rattlebox
44
   Species  stipularia Desv.
 
45
   Varietas  serpyllifolia DC.
syn. Crotalaria stipularia
46
   Species  striata DC.
syn. Crotalaria pallida var. obovata
47
   Species  usaramoensis E.G. Baker
syn. Crotalaria zanzibarica
48
   Species  verrucosa L.
common name: blue rattlesnake
49
   Species  virgulata Klotzsch
 
50
   Subspecies  grantiana (Harvey) Polhill
common name: Grant's rattlebox
51
   Species  vitellina Ker Gawler
common name: rattlebox
52
   Species  zanzibarica Benth.
common name: West Indian rattlebox

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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