Indigofera miniata

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

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,549 meters (0 to 8,363 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 15-18" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.6 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Indigofera acutifolia Schltdl. • Indigofera argentata (A. Gray)rydb. • Indigofera brevipes (S. Watson)rydb. • Indigofera cinerea Buckley • Indigofera cubensis Urb. • Indigofera hartwegii Rydb. • Indigofera leptosepala Torr. & A. Gray • Indigofera leptosepala var. brevipes S. Watson • Indigofera mexicana Benth. • Indigofera miniata var. florida Isely • Indigofera miniata var. leptosepala (Torr. & A. Gray)b. L. Turner • Indigofera miniata var. miniata Ortega • Indigofera nana Rydb. • Indigofera ornithopodioides Cham. & Schltdl. • Indigofera sphenoides Rydb.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Habit: Herb, Habit: Shrub , 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)

More Info

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Further Reading

• 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 360.
• Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 144, p. 761, p. 907.
• Construction and stabilization of coastal foredunes with vegetation, Padre Island, Texas / Bill E. Dahl. .. [et al.]. Fort Belvoir, Va.: Coastal Engineering Research Center, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, 1975. url p. 59.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23 1920-1926 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 1660, p. 565.
• Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. 14 1980 Ann Arbor: University Herbarium, University of Michigan, 1939- url p. 128.
• Flora of Guatemala: families Leguminosae, Geraniaceae, Oxalidaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Linaceae, Erythroxylaceae, Zygophyllaceae, Rutaceae, Simaroubaceae, Burseraceae, Meliaceae, and Malpighiaceae / by Paul C. Standley and Julian A. Steyermark. 24 1946 Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1946. url p. 269.
• Flora of the Florida Keys; being descriptions of the seed-plants growing naturally on the islands of the Florida reef from Virginia Key to Dry Tortugas. New York, The author, 1913. url p. 63.
• Flora of the southeastern United States; being descriptions of the seed-plants, ferns and fern-allies growing naturally in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and in Oklahom by John Kunkel Small. New York, The author, 1913. url p. 608.
• Phytologia memoirs. Plainfield, N.J.: H.N. Moldenke and A.L. Moldenke, 1980- url p. 157.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 139, p. 96.
• Plant life of Alabama. An account of the distribution, modes of association, and adaptations of the flora of Alabama, together with a systematic catalogue of the plants growing in the state. Prepared in cooperationwith the Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1901. url .
• Plant life of Alabama: an account of the distribution, modes of association, and adaptations of the flora of Alabama, together with a systematic catalogue of the plants growing in the state / by Charles Mohr. Montgomery, Ala.: Brown Printing Co., 1901. url p. 565.
• Small, J. K. Flora of the southeastern United States;being descriptions of the seed-plants, ferns and fern-allies growing naturally in North Carolina, South Carolin, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and the Indian territory and in Oklahoma and Texas east of the one-hundredth meridian /by John Kunkel Small. .. 1903 New York: The author, 1903. url p. 608.
• Studies of Central American plants. by Paul C. Standley and Julian A. Steyermark. 22 1940 [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, [1940] url p. 238.
• Trees and shrubs of Mexico / By Paul C. Standley. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1920-1926. url p. 1660.

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.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 25, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 36 providers.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
• Marlin, Bruce. CirrusImage.com.
• Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: Mountain Prairie Information Node. March 26, 2007.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• 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 21, 2007:

• 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
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2650936
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-11435
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13638585
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499672-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 310551
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 26745
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB22080
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: INMIT
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 44049

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 = 400.960 meters (1,315.486 feet), Standard Deviation = 487.850 based on 189 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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