Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Crotalaria incana subsp. incana L.

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Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Fabales

Family
Fabaceae

Genus
Crotalaria

Species
incana

Subspecies
subsp. incana

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Syn.: Crotalaria cytisifolia Hoffmanns. ex Steud.; Wiggins & Porter (1971) as Crotalaria setifera DC.

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Brako, L. Zarucchi,J.L. (1993) Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
  • Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Crotalaria incana subsp. incana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=509. Accessed 3 May 2026.