Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Numerical taxonomic study of the genus Crotalaria L. (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae) in Nigeria Cover

Numerical taxonomic study of the genus Crotalaria L. (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae) in Nigeria

Open Access
|Sep 2019

References

  1. Adelanwa M. A., Hussaini S. W. A., Falusi O. A. & Awulu E. A. 2014. Chromosome counts and cytomorphological studies of nine species of Crotalaria (Linn) from Northern Nigeria. International Journal of Biological Research 6(1): 95-102.
  2. Agyeno O. E. & Azzuwut P. A 2014a. Comparative External Morphology in the Genus Crotalaria L. in Jos, Nigeria Unising Numerical Taxonomy. Journal of Botanical Society of Nigeria, p. 12-16.
  3. Agyeno O. E, Jayeola A. A, Ajala B. A. & Blessing J. M. 2014b. Exo-Morphology of Vegetative Parts Support the Combination of Solenostemon rotundifolius (Poir) J. K. Morton with Plectranthus esculentus N. E. Br. Natal (Lamiaceae) with insight into infra specific variability. Advance in Agriculture & Botanics 6(1): 16-25.
  4. Ansari A. A. 2008. Crotalaria L. in India. Dehra-Dunn: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 376 pp.
  5. Baker E. G. 1914. The African species of Crotalaria. Journal of the Linnean Society Botany 42: 241-425.10.1111/j.1095-8339.1914.tb00883.x
  6. Bisby F. A. 1970. The evaluation and selection of characters in angiosperm taxonomy: An example from Crotalaria. New Phytologist 69: 1149-1160.10.1111/j.1469-8137.1970.tb02495.x
  7. Bisby F. A. 1973. The role of taximetrics in angiosperm taxonomy I. Empirical comparisons of methods using Crotalaria L. New Phytologist 72: 699-726.10.1111/j.1469-8137.1973.tb04420.x
  8. Bisby F. A. & Polhill R. M. 1973. The role of taximetrics in angiosperm taxonomy II. Parallel taximetric and orthodox studies in Crotalaria L. New Phytologist 72: 727-742.10.1111/j.1469-8137.1973.tb04421.x
  9. Boatwright J. S., Le Roux M. M., Wink M., Morozova T. & Van Wyk B.-E. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of tribe Crotalarieae (Fabaceae) inferred from DNA sequences and morphology. Syst Bot 33: 752-761.10.1600/036364408786500271
  10. Boatwright J. S., Wink M. & Van Wyk B.-E. 2011. The generic concept of Lotononis (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): Reinstatement of the genera Euchlora, Leobordea and Listia and the new genus Ezoloba. Taxon 60: 161-177.10.1002/tax.601014
  11. Britto J. S, Joelri L., Michael R. S., Prabhu S. & Senthil-Kumar S. R. 2011. Identification of agronomically valuable species of Crotalaria based on phenetics. Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America 5: 840-847.10.5251/abjna.2011.2.5.840.847
  12. El-Gazzar A. 2008. Taxonomic assessment of five numerical methods and its implication on the classification of Hyptis suaveolens Linn (Labiatae). Alabama Journal of Botany 2: 141-178.
  13. Hotelling H. 1933. Analysis of a complex of statistical variables into principal components. Journal of Education Psychology 24: 417-441.10.1037/h0071325
  14. Hotelling H. 1936. Simplified calculation of principal components. Psychometrika 1: 27-35.10.1007/BF02287921
  15. Humphries J. M., Bookstein F. L., Chernoff B., Smith G. R., Elder R. L. & Poss S. G. 1981. Multivariate discrimination by shape in relation to size. Syst Zool 30: 291-308.10.2307/2413251
  16. Hussaini S. W. H. & Iwo G. A. 1992. Cytomorphological studies of some weedy species of the Family Leguminosae from Jos Plateau, Nigeria. Feddes Repertorium 101(1): 41-47.10.1002/fedr.4911010103
  17. Hutchinson J., Dalziel J. M. & Keay R. W. J. 1958. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Vol. 1, Part 2: 544-552. Crown Agents for Oversea Government and Administration, Millbank, London, S. W. I.
  18. James F. C. & Mcculloch C. E. 1990. Multivariate analysis in ecology and systematics: panacea or pandora's box? Annual Review of Ecology and Sysematics 21: 129-166.10.1146/annurev.es.21.110190.001021
  19. Jayeola A. A. 2001. Effects of numerical methods, quantity and composition of numerical characters on the classification of the angraecoid orchids of Nigeria and Cameroun. Nigerian Journal of Ecology 3: 39-40.
  20. Le Roux M. M. & Van Wyk B.-E. 2013. A taxonomic revision of Amphitrichae, a new section of Crotalaria (Fabaceae). Syst Bot 38: 638-652.10.1600/036364413X670296
  21. Lewis G., Schrire B., Mackinder B. & Lock M. 2005. Legumes of the world. 577 pp. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.
  22. Odewo S. A., Ajani B. A., Soyewo L. T, Omiyale O. A. 2015. Ecological Distribution of the Genus Crotalaria in Nigeria. International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research 4(8): 348-355
  23. Polhill R. M. 1968. Miscellaneous notes on African species of Crotalaria L. Kew Bulletin 22: 169-348.10.2307/4107767
  24. Polhill R. M. 1976. Genisteae (Adans.) Benth. and related tribes (Leguminosae). In: V. H. Heywood (ed.). Botanical systematic. Vol. 1, pp. 143-368. Academic Press, London.
  25. Polhill R. M. 1982. Crotalaria L. in Africa and Madagascar. 389 pp. Royal Botanical Garden, Kew.
  26. Raj M. J. L., Britto S. J., Prabhu S. & Senthikumar S. R. 2011. Identification of agronomically valuable species of Crotalaria based on phenetics. Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America 2: 843-844.10.5251/abjna.2011.2.5.840.847
  27. Rohfl F. J. 1998. NTSYS-PC: Numerical Taxonomy and Multivariate Analysis System. Version 2.02j. Applied Biostatistics Inc., New York.
  28. Sibichen M. T. & Nampy S. 2007. Crotalaria kurisumalayana Sibichen Nampy (Fabaceae), a new species from India. Candollea 62(1): 105-108.
  29. Sneath P. H. A. & Sokal R. R. 1973. Numerical Taxonomy: The Principles and Practice of Numerical Classification. W. H. Freeman, San Francisco.
  30. Sokal R. R & Rohlf J. F. 1997. Biometry. 3rd Edition. 85 pp. W. H. Freeman & Co, New York.
  31. Sokal R. R. & Sneath P. H. A. 1963. Principles of Numerical Taxonomy. 359 pp. W. H. Freeman & Co, San Francisco.
  32. Van Wyk B.-E. 2005. Tribe Crotalarieae. In: G. Lewis, B. Schrire, B. Mackinder & M. Lock (eds.). Legumes of the World. 273-281 pp. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2018-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2080-945X | Journal ISSN: 1897-2810
Language: English
Page range: 25 - 32
Submitted on: May 6, 2018
Accepted on: Jun 30, 2018
Published on: Sep 9, 2019
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Related subjects:

© 2019 Samaila Samaila Yaradua, Dhafer Ahmed Alzahrani, Abubakar Bello, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.