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3702.000 Indigofera
Description of the genus
Herbs or shrubs. Hairs usually medifixed. Leaves usually imparipinnate. Flowers usually in axillary racemes. Corolla usually red. Stamens united or with the upper one free; anthers apiculate. Fruit usually dehiscent. Derivation of name: Indigo-fera: indigo-bearing Worldwide: c. 700 species in tropical and warm areas Mozambique: 93 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| antunesiana Harms | N,T | Description, Image |
| arrecta Hochst. ex A. Rich. | Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| astragalina DC. | Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| atriceps Hook. f. subsp. atriceps | N,T | Description, Image |
| atriceps Hook.f. subsp. glandulosissima (R.E. Fr.) J.B.Gillett | N,Z,T | |
| cecilii N. E. Br.[NrEnd][LR-nt] | MS | Description, Image |
| charlieriana Schinz subsp. sessilis (Chiov.) Schrire var. sessilis (Chiov.) J.B. Gillett | N,GI,M | Description, Image |
| colutea (Burm. f.) Merr. | N,T,MS,GI | |
| concinna Baker[NrEnd] | N | |
| congesta Baker | N,Z | |
| delagoaensis Baker f. ex J.B. Gillett | M | |
| demissa Taub. | N,MS | Description, Image |
| dendroides Jacq. | N,Z,T,MS | |
| dimidiata Walp. | MS | Description, Image |
| dyeri Britten var. dyeri | N,T,MS | |
| dyeri Britten var. parviflora J.B. Gillett | T,MS | |
| emarginella A. Rich. var. emarginella | N,Z,T,MS,M | |
| emarginella A. Rich. var. marrupaensis Schrire[End] | N | |
| erythrogramma Baker subsp. lanceolata Schrire | MS | |
| erythrogramma Baker subsp. nampulensis Schrire[NrEnd] | N | |
| flavicans Baker | T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| fulgens Wight & Arn. subsp. fulgens | N,Z,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| fulvopilosa Brenan | N,T | |
| garckeana Vatke | Z,MS | |
| gobensis Schrire[End] | M | |
| goetzei Harms | Z,MS | Description, Image |
| graniticola J.B. Gillett[NrEnd] | N | |
| hedyantha Eckl. & Zeyh. subsp. robusta Schrire | M | |
| heterotricha DC. subsp. heterotricha | GI | |
| hewittii Baker f. | N,Z,T,MS | |
| hilaris Eckl. & Zeyh. | MS,M | Description, Image |
| hirsuta L. var. hirsuta | Z,MS,GI,M | |
| inhambanensis Klotzsch | GI,M | Image |
| ischnoclada Harms | N | |
| kirkii Oliv. | N,MS,GI | |
| kuntzei Harms | Z,MS | Description, Image |
| laxiracemosa Baker f. | N,Z,MS,GI,M | |
| longibarbata Engl. | N | |
| lupatana Baker f. | T,M | |
| lyallii Baker subsp. lyallii | MS | Description, Image |
| lyallii Baker subsp. nyassica J.B. Gillett | Z,MS | |
| lydenburgensis N.E. Br. | GI,M | |
| mendonçae J.B. Gillett[End] | GI | |
| microcalyx Baker | N | |
| microcarpa Desv. | Z,MS,GI | |
| mimosoides Baker var. mimosoides | N,Z,T,MS | |
| mimosoides Baker var. barchycarpa J.B. Gillett | N | |
| monantha Baker f. | T | |
| namuliensis Schrire[End] | Z | |
| nummulariifolia (L.) Livera ex Alston | N,Z | Description, Image |
| nyassica Gilli var. brevior (J.B. Gillett) J.B. Gillett[NrEnd] | N | |
| oligophylla Klotzsch | N,GI | |
| ormocarpoides Baker | N,Z,T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| paniculata Vahl ex Pers. subsp. gazensis (Baker f.) J.B. Gillett | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| patula Baker subsp. patula | MS | |
| podophylla Harv.[NrEnd] | GI,M | Description, Image |
| polysphaera Baker | N | Description, Image |
| praticola Baker f. var. praticola | N,Z,T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| pseudodyeri Schrire | Z,MS | |
| pseudomoniliformis Schrire[NrEnd] | N,Z | |
| punctata Thunb. | M | |
| rhynchocarpa Welw. ex Baker var. rhynchocarpa | N,Z,T | Description, Image |
| rhytidocarpa Benth. ex Harv. var. rhytidocarpa | GI | Description, Image |
| rostrata Bolus subsp. namaachensis Schrire | M | |
| sanguinea N.E. Br. | M | |
| schimperi Jaub. & Spach var. schimperi | N,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| setiflora Baker var. setiflora | T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| setiflora Baker var. corbyi Schrire | MS | |
| setulosa Bertol. | M | |
| simplicifolia Lam. | Z | |
| soutpansbergensis Schrire | MS | |
| sp.nov. aff. I chimanimaniensis Shrire | MS | |
| spicata Forssk. | N,Z,T,MS,M | Description, Image |
| strobilifera (Hochst.) Baker subsp. lanuginosa (Baker f.) J.B. Gillett | N | |
| subcorymbosa Baker var. subcorymbosa | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| subulata Poir. var. scabra (Roth) Meikle | Z,MS,M | |
| subulata Poir. var. subulata | N,MS,GI,M | |
| swaziensis Bolus var. perplexa (N.E. Br.) J.B. Gillett | N,Z,MS | |
| tinctoria L. var. arcuata J.B. Gillett | T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| tinctoria L. var. tinctoria | N,T,GI,M | Description, Image |
| torrei J.B. Gillett[End] | GI | |
| trachyphylla Oliv. | N,Z,T | |
| trita L.f. var. maffei (Chiov.) Ali | GI | |
| velutina E. Mey. | M | |
| vicioides Jaub. & Spach subsp. excelsa Schrire[NrEnd] | MS | |
| vicioides Jaub. & Spach subsp. rogersii (R.E. Fr.) Schrire | MS | |
| vicioides Jaub. & Spach subsp. vicioides | T,MS,M | |
| vohemarensis Baill. | N | |
| wentzeliana Harms | N,T | Description, Image |
| wildiana J.B. Gillett | T | |
| williamsonii (Harv.) N.E. Br. | M | |
| wituensis Baker f. | N | |
| zenkeri Harms ex Baker f. | N,Z,MS |
Other sources of information about Indigofera:
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Flora of Botswana: IndigoferaFlora of Caprivi: Indigofera
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Indigofera
Flora of Malawi: Indigofera
Flora of Zambia: Indigofera
Flora of Zimbabwe: Indigofera
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Indigofera
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): IndigoferaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Indigofera
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Indigofera
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Indigofera
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Indigofera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Indigofera
JSTOR Plant Science: Indigofera
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Indigofera
Plants of the World Online: Indigofera
Tropicos: Indigofera
Wikipedia: Indigofera
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