Indigofera suffruticosa

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Common Names

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Description

Subfamily Faboideae

Mostly herbs, shrubs , or trees . Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple . Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous ), not showy. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]

Genus Indigofera

Shrubs or herbs, generally pubescent , hairs medifixed appressed , sometimes mixed with basifixed hairs. Leaves pinnate or imparipinnate or palmately trifoliolate or unifoliolate or simple ; leaflets entire; stipules present. Inflorescence an axillary raceme or spike or solitary axillary. Bract generally caducous , bracteoles absent. Calyx lobes or teeth subequal or lowermost longer . Vexillum sessile or clawed. Wing slightly cohering with the keel. Keel gibbous on each side and often spurred . Stamens 9+1, diadelphous , anthers uniform , apiculate . Ovary with numerous or 1 to 2 ovules, style glabrous , stigma capitate, often penicillate . Fruit linear or globose , terete , 4-3-seeded or compressed ; septate between the seeds. Seeds globose to cylindric , truncate , compressed or quadrate .

A genus with more than 300 species, widely distributed in tropics and subtropics of both New and Old Worlds, with centre of distribution in Tropical Africa. In Pakistan it is represented by 24 species.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 6-8' apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Anila tinctoria var. normalis Kuntze
2. Anila tinctoria var. polyphylla (Dc.)nyman, P. P.
3. Anila tinctoria var. vera Kuntze
4. Indigofera angolensis D. Dietr.
5. Indigofera anil L.
6. Indigofera anil var. drepanocarpa O. Berg
7. Indigofera anil var. oligosperma Miq.
8. Indigofera anil var. orthocarpa Dc.
9. Indigofera anil var. polyphylla (Dc.)nyman, P. P.
10. Indigofera bergii Vatke
11. Indigofera cinerascens Dc.
12. Indigofera comezuelo Dc.
13. Indigofera divaricata Jacq.
14. Indigofera drepanocarpa Bergman
15. Indigofera guatimala Lunan
16. Indigofera indica Lam.
17. Indigofera micrantha Desv.
18. Indigofera oligophylla Lam.
19. Indigofera orthocarpa /i> (Dc.)o. Berg & C. F. Schmidt
20. Indigofera suffruticosa var. uncinata Berhaut
21. Indigofera sumatrana Gaertn.
22. Indigofera tinctoria Mill.
23. Indigofera tinctoria var. anil (L.)kurz
24. Indigofera tinctoria var. brachycarpa Dc.
25. Indigofera tinctoria var. macrocarpa Dc.
26. Indigofera tinctoria var. torulosa Baker F.
27. Indigofera tulearensis Drake
28. Indigofera uncinata G. Don

Misapplied Names

1. Indigofera argentea Burm.f.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Schrire B .D., Oct-1994

Place of publication : Gard. dict. ed. 8: Indigofera no. 2. 1768

Name verified on 17-Sep-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Sep-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Indigofera

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1061 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

I. acanthinocarpa · I. acanthocarpa · I. acanthoclada · I. acasonicae · I. accepta · I. achyranthoides · I. acutiflora · I. acutifolia · I. acutipetala · I. acutisepala · I. adenocarpa · I. adenoides · I. adenotricha · I. adesmiifolia · I. adscendens · I. aeruginis · I. alba · I. alboglandulosa · I. alopecuroides · I. alopecurus · I. alpina · I. alta · I. alternans · I. amaliae · I. ambelacensis · I. amblyantha (Pink-Flower Indigo) · I. amil · I. amitina · I. ammobia · I. ammoxylum (Bois De Sable) · I. amoena · I. amorphoides · I. rhytidocarpa subsp. angolensis · I. anabibensis · I. ancistrocarpa · I. andrewsiana · I. andringitrensis · I. angulata · I. angulosa · I. angustata · I. angustifolia · I. angustifolia var. brachystachya · I. angustifolia var. tenuifolia · I. angustiloba · I. anil · I. anil var. oligophylla · I. suffruticosa · I. ankaratrensis · I. annua · I. antennulifera · I. antunesiana · I. aphylla · I. aquae-nitentis · I. arabica · I. aralensis · I. hochstetteri · I. arenicola · I. arenophila · I. argentata · I. argentea · I. argutidens · I. argyraea · I. argyrea · I. argyroides · I. aristata · I. arrecta (Bengal Indigo) · I. articulata · I. aspalathoides (Wiry Indigo) · I. asparagoides · I. aspera · I. asperifolia · I. asperifolia var. asperifolia · I. asperifolia var. lanceolata · I. asperifolia var. macrophylla · I. asterocalycina · I. astragalina (Hairy Indigo) · I. astragaloides · I. atrata · I. atricephala · I. atriceps · I. atriceps atriceps · I. atriceps glandulosissima · I. atriceps kaessneri · I. atriceps ramosa · I. atriceps rhodesiaca · I. atriceps setosissima · I. atriceps ufipaensis · I. atropurpurea · I. auricoma · I. australis (Austral Indigo) · I. australis australis · I. australis var. australis · I. axillaris · I. bagshawei · I. baileyi · I. bainesii · I. balfouriana · I. bancroftii · I. bangweolensis · I. banii

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Further Reading

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 25, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 28, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 14, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
• Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Virtual Herbarium Darwin Core format
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea
• Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility, Magnoliophyta
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3874685
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-2757
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13626378
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:99930-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 20058
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 26749
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB220B0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: INSU
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 44054

Footnotes

1. "Indigofera". in Flora of Pakistan Page 65. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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