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lanceleaf rattlebox

Crotalaria lanceolata

Distribution
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Africa [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion

Subspecies 3–5 (1 in the flora).

Subspecies exigua Polhill and subsp. prognatha Polhill are known from Africa.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Crotalaria
Sibling taxa
C. avonensis, C. incana, C. juncea, C. ochroleuca, C. pallida, C. pumila, C. purshii, C. retusa, C. rotundifolia, C. sagittalis, C. spectabilis, C. trichotoma, C. verrucosa, C. virgulata
Subordinate taxa
C. lanceolata subsp. lanceolata
Name authority E. Meyer in E. Meyer and J. F. Drège: Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr., 24. (1836)
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