taxonID	type	description	language	source
E64987D8FFE07F4A0F27FDF5FE1C0607.taxon	materials_examined	Type: Andhra Pradesh, Kurnool Dt., Ellis 22144 A (holotype: CAL).	en	Ravi, G, Paramesh, L, Ramesh, K, Swamy, K, Charan, YVB, Naresh, B, Mahender Reddy, D, Ravikanth, M (2023): Crotalaria madurensis var. kurnoolica J. L. Ellis & Swamin. (Fabaceae) a new distributional record to Telangana state, India. Species (e 6 s 1006) 24 (73): 1-4, DOI: 10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e6s1006, URL: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e6s1006
E64987D8FFE07F4A0F27FDF5FE1C0607.taxon	description	Description Erect under shrubs, with many ascending branches, 1.5 – 2.5 m tall. Stems and branches terete, silky pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole ca. 4 mm long, villous; lamina 7.5 X 3.5 cm, elliptic, ovate, rarely obovate, apiculate narrowed at the base, silky pubescent on both surfaces, veins prominent underneath, lateral nerves up to 14 pairs. Inflorescence is a terminal or axillary panicled racemes, bracteate, bracteolate, peduncle up to 15 cm long, silky pubescent, gummy exudation throughout. Flower 1.8 cm long and 2.2 cm across; bract 10 X 16 mm, broadly ovate, acuminate, deeply cordate, revolute, amplexicaul, persistent; bracteoles 5 X 3 mm, ovate - acuminate, deeply cordate, reflexed, silky tomentose out and glabrous in; pedicel 5 mm long. Calyx bilipped, silky tomentose, lobes equal, 9 X 4 mm, elliptic, margin prominently revolute, dark when dry. Corolla bright yellow; standard petal 2 X 2 cm, ovate silky pubescent out and glabrous in, spreading backwards; wing petals 10 X 4 mm, obovate, keel petals 9 X 6 mm, ovate, rounded about the middle, beak not twisted. Stamens 10, dimorphic, monadelphous till half their lengths, 5 small sterile alternating with 5 long fertile stamens, fertile anthers basifixed and sterile anthers slightly versatile, Ovary, densely silky pubescent throughout, sub sessile; style 1.3 cm long, geniculate; stigma expanded, hairy (Figure 1).	en	Ravi, G, Paramesh, L, Ramesh, K, Swamy, K, Charan, YVB, Naresh, B, Mahender Reddy, D, Ravikanth, M (2023): Crotalaria madurensis var. kurnoolica J. L. Ellis & Swamin. (Fabaceae) a new distributional record to Telangana state, India. Species (e 6 s 1006) 24 (73): 1-4, DOI: 10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e6s1006, URL: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e6s1006
E64987D8FFE07F4A0F27FDF5FE1C0607.taxon	biology_ecology	Flowering & Fruiting October-April	en	Ravi, G, Paramesh, L, Ramesh, K, Swamy, K, Charan, YVB, Naresh, B, Mahender Reddy, D, Ravikanth, M (2023): Crotalaria madurensis var. kurnoolica J. L. Ellis & Swamin. (Fabaceae) a new distributional record to Telangana state, India. Species (e 6 s 1006) 24 (73): 1-4, DOI: 10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e6s1006, URL: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e6s1006
E64987D8FFE07F4A0F27FDF5FE1C0607.taxon	distribution	Distribution India - Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (present study).	en	Ravi, G, Paramesh, L, Ramesh, K, Swamy, K, Charan, YVB, Naresh, B, Mahender Reddy, D, Ravikanth, M (2023): Crotalaria madurensis var. kurnoolica J. L. Ellis & Swamin. (Fabaceae) a new distributional record to Telangana state, India. Species (e 6 s 1006) 24 (73): 1-4, DOI: 10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e6s1006, URL: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e6s1006
E64987D8FFE07F4A0F27FDF5FE1C0607.taxon	biology_ecology	Ecology It was growing on hill slope in between rocks, with association of Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult., Lantana camara L., Apluda mutica L., Cymbopogon flexuosus (Nees ex Steud.) W. Watson and Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff.	en	Ravi, G, Paramesh, L, Ramesh, K, Swamy, K, Charan, YVB, Naresh, B, Mahender Reddy, D, Ravikanth, M (2023): Crotalaria madurensis var. kurnoolica J. L. Ellis & Swamin. (Fabaceae) a new distributional record to Telangana state, India. Species (e 6 s 1006) 24 (73): 1-4, DOI: 10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e6s1006, URL: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e6s1006
E64987D8FFE07F4A0F27FDF5FE1C0607.taxon	materials_examined	Specimen examined India, Telangana state, Nagarkurnool district, near Mallela Theertham waterfalls, 16 ° 16 ' 1.15 " N, 78 ° 51 ' 25.19 " E, 667 m elevation, 03.11.2022, G Ravi, 0782 (HY).	en	Ravi, G, Paramesh, L, Ramesh, K, Swamy, K, Charan, YVB, Naresh, B, Mahender Reddy, D, Ravikanth, M (2023): Crotalaria madurensis var. kurnoolica J. L. Ellis & Swamin. (Fabaceae) a new distributional record to Telangana state, India. Species (e 6 s 1006) 24 (73): 1-4, DOI: 10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e6s1006, URL: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e6s1006
