taxonID	type	description	language	source
03F187CBDA23A478FADEFD0CFAFB57F6.taxon	description	= C. linifolia auct. non. L. f.; Roxb. Fl. Indica 3: 266. (1832). = C. naikiana Zate Indian J. Forestry 5: 35. (1982).	en	Lohit, Tushar Anilrao, Wagh, Vijay Vishnu (2024): Taxonomic notes and synonymy in Crotalaria montana (Fabaceae: Crotalarieae). Phytotaxa 640 (3): 293-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.640.3.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.640.3.7
03F187CBDA23A478FADEFD0CFAFB57F6.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — INDIA. Maharashtra, Nanded, Kinwat, Ambadi, Zate 924 a; b – c (isotypes).	en	Lohit, Tushar Anilrao, Wagh, Vijay Vishnu (2024): Taxonomic notes and synonymy in Crotalaria montana (Fabaceae: Crotalarieae). Phytotaxa 640 (3): 293-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.640.3.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.640.3.7
03F187CBDA23A478FADEFD0CFAFB57F6.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — INDIA. Andhra Pradesh: Chittoor District, Near Sadasivakona, elev. ca. 315 m. a. s. l, 13 ° 50 ’ 31.49 ” N latitude, 79 ° 61 ’ 72.33 ” E longitude, 15 July 2018, P. Sivaramakrishna, P. Yugandhar & L. J. Singh, 0011 (holotype: CAL scan!; isotype: BSID scan!) Prostrate to ascending herb, 25 – 30 cm long. Tap root. Stem profusely branched, from the base or higher, terete, 1 – 1.5 mm thick, adpressed with white hairs. Leaves simple, thick, alternate, up to 4 cm long, petiole 1 – 1.5 mm long, stipules 2, 1 – 2.8 mm long, minute, lanceolate, pilose; Lamina 1 – 3.5 × 1 – 1.5 cm, narrowly elliptic-oblanceolate, cuneate at base, mucronate at apex, margin entire, glabrous or sparingly pilose on upper surface and densely covered with adpressed white hairs on lower surface, abaxial hairs protrude at margins, mid vein prominent, blade lobes involute, margins obscurely involute. Inflorescence racemes, terminal, peduncles 6 – 8 cm long, slender, clothed with adpressed white hairs. Flower (4 – 15 no.) across 7 – 8 × 4 – 5 mm, pedicillate, pedicel 2.5 – 3 mm long, hairy; bract linear-lanceolate, minute, 1.5 – 2.5 mm long, bracteols 2, linear – lanceolate, minute, 0.5 – 1 mm long, attached to calyx tube on lateral side of anterior sepals, hairy, sericeous; Calyx tube 4 – 5 mm long, calyx lobes unequal, bilipped calyces, anterior two sepals broad, connate, notched at the apex, brownish green or brownish yellow, ventral surface glabrous, brownish green, three nerved, lower sepals linear – lanceolate, connate apically and basally, apex acute, upper surface hairy; Corolla bright yellow, exerted, petals 5, standard petal across 8 – 9 × 6 – 7 mm, sub-orbicular, short claw at base, surrounded by white cottony hairs, blackish brown or reddish brown striations arising from the base up to the middle, apex emarginated, notched, callosities lamelliform 1 – 2 × 2 – 3 mm; wing petals 7 – 8 × 2 – 3 mm, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, clawed; keel petals 7 – 8 × 3 – 3.5 mm, spirally twisted, margin ciliate, fused; staminal sheath 5 – 5.5 mm long, stamens 10, monodelphous, dimorphic, dithecous, basifixed, free filaments 3 – 4 mm long, anthers ovoid 0.5 mm, anthers with short filaments are sagittate, 3 – 3.5 mm long; Gynoecium, ovary sessile, oblong, glabrous, narrowed upward 3 – 4 × 1 – 1.5 mm, ovules up to 10, style 5 – 6 mm long, sparsely hairy, geniculate, hairs in single row arranged spirally (S-pattern), stigma brush type, densely hairy; Pod oblong or sub-cylindric, 5 – 7 × 3 – 4 mm, slightly exceeding the calyx, glabrous, curved and beak conspicuous, ripened pod black or yellowish brown, calyx and style persistent; Seeds 4 – 8, 1 – 2 × 1 – 1.5 mm, reniform, without aril, brown or blackish brown, polished, shining. Phenology: — Flowering and fruiting July to December Habitat ecology and distribution: — Crotalaria montana grows in dry areas of Chambal ravines in sandy soil along with herbaceous plants. The species grows in association with Grewia flavescens Jussieu (1804: 91), Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) Candolle. (1825: 447), Euphorbia hirta Linnaeus. (1753: 454), Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willdenow (1809: 1029), Blepharis repens (Vahl) Roth (1821: 321), Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf (1900: 632), Vicoa indica (L.) Candolle. (1834: 10). We have collected this species from Chambal ravines i. e. Kuthiyana village of Beerpur forest range of Madhya Pradesh, India N 26 ° 41 ’ 35.9844 ” E 77 ° 5 ’ 51.5328 ”, at an altitude of 152 m asl.	en	Lohit, Tushar Anilrao, Wagh, Vijay Vishnu (2024): Taxonomic notes and synonymy in Crotalaria montana (Fabaceae: Crotalarieae). Phytotaxa 640 (3): 293-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.640.3.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.640.3.7
03F187CBDA27A47CFADEFBFEFC0F55E0.taxon	description	Crotalaria montana is the most closely allied to C. albida. Both species share some morphological similarities, i. e. minute caducous stipules, raceme terminal, size of the pod, standard petal with notch, number of seeds in the pod, colour of mature pod. Nevertheless C. montana and C. albida can be distinguished from each other by respectively prostrate and ascending habit vs erect and procumbent habit; leaves narrow elliptic to oblanceolate vs linear oblong-lanceolate; Stipule present vs stipule absent; leaves dimorphic vs leaves monomorphic; inflorescence 5 – 10 flowered and 8 – 10 cm long vs inflorescence with 20 – 25 flowers and 10 – 15 cm long; standard petal suborbicular, no hairs on back and apex vs standard petal obovate-oblong, hairs on back and apex; standard petal apex notched vs standard petal rounded; callosite lamelliformis vs callosite ridged; keel twisted above the middle vs keel twisted below the middle; pod colour black vs pod colour brown; number of seed per pod 4 – 8 vs number of seed per pod 8 – 10; style hair in single row and arranged spirally vs style hair in single row, arranged in whorl.	en	Lohit, Tushar Anilrao, Wagh, Vijay Vishnu (2024): Taxonomic notes and synonymy in Crotalaria montana (Fabaceae: Crotalarieae). Phytotaxa 640 (3): 293-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.640.3.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.640.3.7
