Crotalaria nitens, AAraujoM2967--Bolivia. N of Apolo. Rio Machariapu. 18 Sep 06. 268.jpg
Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Apolo)
-14.423056, -67.923889
Location Remarks
Madidi, San Jose-Bala, Chalalan, senderos Anta, Tucan y Wabucuro, Bosque amazonico preandino, planicie con dominancia de Iriartea deltoidea, Socratea exhorriza, Otoba parvifolia, Pachira insignis, Quararibea witti y Celtis schippii. 350 m elev.
Collectors
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Paola Gismondi, M. Cornejo, E. Ticona
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui (El Pangui Canton)
-3.630278, -78.447222
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor. Summit area of sandstone plateau, a western spur of the Cóndor, Contrafuerte Tres Patines, south of Río Tundayme, above the military road to Cóndor Mirador. Dense, wet dwarf forest and low shrubby vegetation. 1680 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Herb or shubshrub to 50 cm tall, in disturbed site, at roadside. Banner petal yellow on front side, salmon-colored on backside. Other petals yellow. Fruit inflated.
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Abel Iturralde (Apolo)
-14.444722, -67.884722
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Madidi, laguna Chalalan, río Yariapo. Bosque amazonico ribereño con Cecropia spp, Caliandra sp., Neea spp., Garcinia spp. y Jacaratia digitata.
Collectors
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Paola Gismondi, Tatiana B. Miranda
Notes
Hierba 0,3 m; flores amarillas.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Crotalaria
Specific Epithet
nitens
Authorship
Kunth
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#279,352 of 335,497
Top 84%
Extinction probability
6%
