Crotalaria spectabilis

TaxID: 517187

Basic Information

Crotalaria spectabilis

Showy Rattlebox, showy rattlebox

Crotalaria spectabilis, the showy rattlebox or showy rattlepod, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, and Southeast Asia. It is a perennial herb that grows up to 0.6 C1.5 m (24 C59 in) tall. It grows in montane grasslands, along forest edges, and within meadows. It was introduced (originally as a green manure) to most of the world's tropics and subtropics and is now a serious agricultural pest species. It is toxic to livestock, causing liver damage.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Fabales

Fabaceae

Crotalaria

spectabilis

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Crotalaria spectabilis
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(c) Patrick E. Phoebus@BY-NC
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(c) Douglas Goldman@BY-SA
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(c) Eric Cleveland@BY-NC
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(c) Robert LaPlante@BY-NC
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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
China Quarantine pests 2021

Distribution (43 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Bahamas Present —
Brazil Present —
China Present —
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
Cameroon Present —
Democratic Republic of the Congo Present —
Colombia Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (4 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
ITSAN856-14 - ITS2 248 India - 23.5863, 81.173004
ITSAN850-14 - ITS2 256 India - 23.5863, 81.173004
IDRCG962-13 - rbcLa 552 Liberia 2012-11-19 7.5477, -8.554
GBVR378-13 - matK 1518 Thailand - 13.662228, 101.086754

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