Indigofera arrecta

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

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]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Indigofera arecta A. Rich. • Indigofera madagascariensis Colla • Indigofera scopa De Wild. & T. Durand • Indigofera umbonata Baker

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Herb, Habit: Shrub , Lifespan: Annual , Lifespan: Perennial

Last scrutiny: Oct-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Indigofera

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 43 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

I. amblyantha (Pink-Flower Indigo) · I. ammoxylum (Bois De Rose) · I. arrecta (Bengal Indigo) · I. aspalathoides (Wiry Indigo) · I. astragalina (Hairy Indigo) · I. australis (Austral Indigo) · I. campestris (Creeping Indigo) · I. caroliniana (Carolina Indigo) · I. coerulea (Indigotier Sauvage) · I. coerulea var. coerulea (Surat Indigo) · I. colutea (Rusty Indigo) · I. decora (Chinese Indigo) · I. eriocarpa (Indigofera) · I. glandulosa (Befari) · I. glandulosa var. glandulosa (Befari) · I. guatemalensis (Guatemalan Indigo) · I. hendecaphylla (Trailing Indigo) · I. heterantha (Himalayan Indigo) · I. hirsuta (Hairy Indigo) · I. kirilowii (Chinese Indigo) · I. leucotricha (Silver Indigo) · I. lindheimeriana (Lindheimer's Indigo) · I. linnaei (Birdsville Indigo) · I. longiracemosa (Manga) · I. miniata (Coast Indigo) · I. mysorensis (Mysore Panicled Indigo) · I. pendula (Weeping Shrub) · I. pilosa (Softhairy Indigo) · I. potaninii (Pink-Flower Indigo) · I. pseudotinctoria (Dwarf False Indigo) · I. pseudotinctoria 'Rose Carpet' (Dwarf False Indigo) · I. sphaerocarpa (Sonoran Indigo) · I. spicata (Creeping Indigo) · I. stachyodes (Long Spiked Indigo) · I. stenosepala (Maroampofotra) · I. suffruticosa (Akouveli) · I. suffruticosa suffruticosa (Akouveli) · I. tinctoria (Chinese Indigo) · I. tinctoria arcuata (Indian Indigo) · I. tinctoria tinctoria (Digo) · I. trifoliata (Threeleaf Indigo) · I. trita (Frijolillo) · I. zollingeriana (Zollinger's Indigo)

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Further Reading

• Aeration and air-content; the role of oxygen in root activity, by Frederic E. Clements. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1921. url p. 41.
• Agricultural news. Bridgetown, Barbados, Bowen & sons;1902-22. url p. 15.
• An introduction to the chemistry of plant products by Paul Haas and T. G. Hill. London, Longmans, Green, and co., 1921-22. url p. 189.
• Annals of applied biology. [Wellesbourne, Warwick, etc.]Association of Applied Biologists [etc.] url p. 375, p. 59.
• Botanical abstracts. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins Co. url p. 129.
• Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1910 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 284, p. 286, p. 64.
• Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [Washington, D.C.?]: Supt. of Docs., G.P.O., 1913-1923. url p. 27, p. 37.
• Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url p. 41.
• Comparative morphology of Fungi, by Ernst Albert Gäumann. .. translated and revised by Carroll William Dodge. .. New York [etc.]McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1928. url p. 684.
• Experiment station record. Washington: G.P.O., 1889-1946. url p. 155, p. 333, p. 632.
• Flora of tropical Africa. By Daniel Oliver. .. assisted by other botanists. London, L. Reeve, 1868-1902. url p. 97.
• Great Basin naturalist memoirs. 1992 [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. url p. 1291.
• International catalogue of scientific literature. London: Published for the International Council by the Royal Society of London, 1902-1919. url p. 301, p. 389, p. 396, p. 47, p. 527.
• Journal and proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 3 1907 Calcutta, Asiatic Society of Bengal. url p. cvii.
• Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India. Calcutta: Published for the Imperial Dept. of Agriculture in India by Thacker, Spink, 1906-1931. url , , p. 207, p. 23, p. 24, p. 27.
• Natal plants: descriptions and figures of Natal indigenous plants, with notes on their distribution economic value, native names, etc., etc. / By J. Medley Wood and Maurice S. Evans. Durban: Bennett & Davis, 1899 (i.e. 1898)-1912. url .
• Nature. London, etc., Macmillan Journals Ltd., etc. url p. 27, p. 389, p. 546.
• Novon a journal of botanical nomenclature from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 4 1994 St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden, url p. 255.
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 37.
• Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. Melbourne: The Society, 1889- url p. 185, p. 204, p. 209, p. 402, p. 403, p. 404, p. 407, p. 413, p. 414.
• Report of the proceedings of the. .. Entomological meeting Calcutta;Superintendent government printing, India, 1917-24. url p. 79.
• Rubber and rubber planting. By R. H. Lock. Cambridge, University press, 1913. url p. 118.
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• Science progress. London: John Murray, 1916- url p. 57.
• Scientific reports of the Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa. Calcutta: Supt. Govt. Print., India, 1917-1930. url p. 66.
• Some south Indian insects and other animals of importance considered especially from an economic point of view / by T. Bainbrigge Fletcher. Madras, Printed by the superintendent, government press, 1914. url p. 252.
• Sweet-clover seed. Pt. I.--Pollination studies of seed production. Pt. II--Structure and chemical nature of the seed coat and its relation to impermeable seeds of sweet clover. By H.S. Coe. .. and J.N. Martin. .. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1920. url p. 27, p. 37.
• The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria. [Melbourne]:Dept. of Agriculture, Victoria, 1902-1955. url p. 769, p. 770, p. 773.
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• The Philippine journal of science. Manila: Bureau of Science url p. 441.
• The Review of applied entomology. Farnham Royal, Eng., etc.: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, etc. url p. 521.
• The commercial products of India: being an abridgment of The dictionary of the economic products of India / by Sir George Watt; published under the authority of His Majesty's secretary of state for India in council. London: J. Murray, 1908. url p. 661.
• The gardens' bulletin, Straits Settlements. Singapore: Straits Times Press, 1913-1941. url , p. 52.
• The world's commercial products; a descriptive account of the economic plants of the world and of their commercial uses by W. G. Freeman and S. E. Chandler. .. with contributions by T. A. Henry, C. E. Jones, and E. H. Wilson. London, Sir I. Pitman and sons, limited1907. url p. 355.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3876885
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-2327
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13629298
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:498997-1
• MoBot NameID: 13020582
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2030247

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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