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This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Tropical Africa to Chad, Angola.

[ILDIS]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb

[FWTA]

Papilionaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Habit
A more or less shrubby, silky, erect herb.

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Chad, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal

Indigofera berhautiana J.B.Gillett appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Jan 1, 1972 Geerling, C. [617], Côte d'Ivoire K000354363
Dec 3, 1954 Morton, J.K. [9959], Ghana K000354357
Dec 3, 1954 Barter, C. [973], Nigeria K000392685
Dec 3, 1954 Heudelot [s.n.], Senegal K000392684 Unknown type material
Dec 3, 1954 [Unknown] [s.n.], Senegal K000392686 Unknown type material
Adams, C.D. [4463], Ghana K000354358
Adams, C.D. [4463], Ghana K000354360
Morton, J.K. [9959], Ghana K000354362
Hall, J.B. [872], Ghana K000354359
Santo, E. [3133], Guinea-Bissau K000354364
Harris [s.n.], Ghana K000354361
[Unknown] [89], Senegal K000392687

First published in Kew Bull. 10: 573 (1955 publ. 1956)

Accepted by

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Literature

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 1955: 573 (1956).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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