Crotalaria nitens Kunth belongs to the Fabaceae family. Flora of the World contains 3 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 2 countries.
Crotalaria nitens, AAraujoM2967--Bolivia. N of Apolo. Rio Machariapu. 18 Sep 06. 268.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Crotalaria
Specific Epithet
nitens
Authorship
Kunth
Scientific Name ID
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
9/17/2006
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo
-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, P. Gismondi, M. Cornejo, E. Ticona
9/19/2007
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui
-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.
11/27/2004
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Abel Iturralde
-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.
