Indigofera trita

• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Common Names

Click on the language to view common names.

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]

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,770 meters (0 to 9,088 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Galega frutescens Mill.
2. Indigofera carinata De Wild.
3. Indigofera heterophylla C. Presl
4. Indigofera laevis Rydb.
5. Indigofera macilenta Standl.
6. Indigofera oxycarpa Desv.
7. Indigofera quartiniana A. Rich.
8. Indigofera rosei Rydb.
9. Indigofera subulata Griseb.
10. Indigofera tephrosioides Micheli
11. Tephrosia frutescens /i> (Mill.)dc.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

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

More Info

• Search for Pictures: images.google.com
• Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
• Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
• Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books

Further Reading

• Botanisches Zentralblatt; referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 333.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1951-1992. ENG url p. 358.
• Journal of Indian botany. Madras: Methodist Pub. House, 1919-1923. ENG url p. 209.
• Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 562.
• Le Monde des plantes. Le Mans: Impr. Edmond Monnoyer, 1891-1898. FRE url p. 39.
• The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, ENG url p. 267, p. 475.
• The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan = Tokyo Teikoku Daigaku kiyo. Rika. Tokyo, Japan: The University, 1898-1925. ENG url p. 400.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 14 providers.
• ILDIS

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 27, 2008:

• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• The New York Botanical Garden, Vascular Plant Type Specimens
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3876552
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-2791
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13626346
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:100111-3
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: INMU80
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1478246

Footnotes

1. "Indigofera". in Flora of Pakistan Page 65. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 705.020 meters (2,313.058 feet), Standard Deviation = 917.850 based on 166 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

©2004-2009 the BayScience Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved.