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
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.
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.
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%