Indigofera linifolia (L.f.) Retz.

First published in Observ. Bot. 4: 29 (1786)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Tropical Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula, Afghanistan to China (S. Sichuan, Yunnan) and Tropical Asia, Australia. It is an annual, perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen

Introduced into:

New Caledonia, Réunion

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Adema, F. (2011). Notes on Malesian Fabaceae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) 15. Notes on Indigofera. Blumea 56: 270-272.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Balslav, H. & Chantaranothai, P. (2018). Flora of Thailand 4(3.1): 221-371. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Mehboob-ur-Rahman (2012). Wild plants of Swat, Pakistan 1: 1-281. Department of botany, govt. Jehanzeb post graduate college.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Prakash, L. & Balasubramanian, P. (2018). Invasive alien flora of Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Southern Eastern Ghats, India. Indian Forester 144: 857-862.
  • Rechinger, K.H. & al. (1984). Papilionaceae II. Flora Iranica 157: 1-499. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Sikarwar, R.L.S. (2014). Angiosperm diversity assessment of Chitrakootthe legendary place of Vindhyan range, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 38: 563-619.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Zhu, X.Y., Zhang, R.P. & He, Y.L. (eds.) (2021). An inventory of legume species diversity of Myanmar: 1-297. China Minzu university press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Rechinger, K.H. & al. (1984). Papilionaceae II. Flora Iranica 157: 1-499. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Ambasta, S. P. (1986). The useful plants of India
  • De Kort, I. & Thijsse, G. (1984). Blumea 30 (1) : 89-151. A rev. of Indigofera in S. E. Asia
  • Gillett, J. B. (1958). Kew Bull. Addnl. ser. 1:1-166. Indigofera.. in Tropical Africa.
  • Horn, P. E. (1988). Herbarium References
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  • Polhill, R, M. (1990). Legumineuses. In: Flore des Mascareignes, Vol 80. J. Bosser et a
  • Sanjappa, M. (1995). In Hajra, PK et al. (eds). Fascicles of Fl. of Ind. 21:123. Indig
  • Verdcourt, B. (1979). A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae, PNG

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5489] Burma K001121078 Unknown Type Material Yes
leg. ign. [s.n.] Australia K000217289 Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [SANDS4210] Australia K003240614 Yes
Basedow, H. [s.n.] Australia K003240619 Yes
MMC; CMC; PCC [Qld9054] Australia K003240598 Yes
leg. ign. [s.n.] Australia K000217290 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5489] India K001121077 Unknown Type Material Yes
Trudgen, M.E. [MET15398] Australia K003240609 Yes
Mehra, K.L. [375] Timor-Leste K000628373 No
Kanis, A. [1806] Australia K003240630 Yes
[Campania]; Hill, F. [506] Australia K003240616 Yes
Lack, A. [McKB364] Australia K003240634 Yes
Lazarides, M.; Palmer, J. [308] Australia K003240624 Yes
Trudgen, M.E. [MET15198] Australia K003240610 Yes
s.coll. [3569] Australia K003240628 Yes
Briggs, B.G. [3658] Australia K003240617 Yes
Henry, A. [6804] Taiwan K000628364 No
Staples, I.B. [IBS2101] Australia K003240604 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5489] Burma K001121079 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mehra, K.L. [490] Indonesia K000628372 No
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000217284 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5489] K001121082 Unknown Type Material Yes
Anderson, A.J.; Burbidge [157] Australia K003240618 Yes
Specht, R.L. [501] Australia K003240626 Yes
Halliday, T.A. [356] Australia K003240592 Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [SANDS4957] Australia K003240621 Yes
Clemens, M.S. [s.n.] Australia K003240607 Yes
Backer, C.A. [7536] Indonesia K000628376 No
Specht, R.L. [48] Australia K003240641 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5489] Burma K001121081 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5489] K001121075 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000628369 Yes
Schimper, W. [477] Ethiopia K000392744 Type Yes
Hubbard, C.E.; Winders, C.W. [6961] Australia K003240590 Yes
Specht, R.L. [501] Australia K003240625 Yes
Cole, M.M. [11] Australia K003240586 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5489] K001121076 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [MMC/TEB/Q7133] Australia K003240597 Yes
Perry, R.A. [2188] Australia K003240644 Yes
Adams, L.G.; Lazarides, M. [3102] Australia K003240633 Yes
Adams [899] Australia K003240645 Yes
Cunningham, A. [s.n.] Australia K000217286 Yes
Clement, E. [s.n.] Australia K003240615 Yes
Mueller, F., von [s.n.] Australia K000217292 Yes
Pedley, L. [1982] Australia K003240606 Yes
Lambert, M.R.K. [870] Australia K003240601 Yes
Specht, R.L. [780] Australia K003240643 Yes
Pulleine, R.H. [s.n.] Australia K003240646 Yes
s.coll. [6510] New Caledonia K000628380 No
Sands, M.J.S. [SANDS4697] Australia K003240622 Yes
Fraser [s.n.] Australia K000217283 Yes
Specht, R.L. [358] Australia K003240639 Yes
Hartley, T.G. [9869] Papua New Guinea K000628378 No
Clarkson, J.R. [2775] Australia K003240591 Yes
Basedow, H. [35] Australia K003240627 Yes
Clarkson, J.R. [2295] Australia K003240587 Yes
Mckee, H.S. [9187] Australia K003240594 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5489] K001121074 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clement, E. [s.n.] Australia K003240613 Yes
Armstrong [s.n.] Australia K000217291 Yes
s.coll. [3736] Australia K003240623 Yes
May, R. [2309] Australia K003240647 Yes
Mckee, H.S. [8517] Australia K003240638 Yes
Lambert, M.R.K. [870] Australia K003240602 Yes
Mashotra, C.L. [42759] India K000628367 Yes
Longman, H.A. [s.n.] Australia K003240595 Yes
Maconochie, J.R. [2075] Australia K003240631 Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [SANDS4210] Australia K003240611 Yes
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000217285 Yes
Goble-Garratt, E.M. [502] Australia K003240620 Yes
Smith, L.S. [03469] Australia K003240593 Yes
Remanandan, P. [4195] Australia K003240605 Yes
Ayaz; Maqsood [s.n.] Pakistan K000628365 Yes
Blake, S.T. [17807] Australia K003240640 Yes
Nelson, D.J. [190] Australia K003240637 Yes
Chippendale, G. [6081] Australia K003240636 Yes
Cunningham, A. [248] Australia K000217287 Yes
Specht, R.L. [817] Australia K003240642 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5489] K001121083 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dilmy, A. [1041] Indonesia K000628377 No
Kairo, A. [51658] Papua New Guinea K000628379 No
Larsen, K. [8308] Thailand K000628370 Yes
Francis, W.D. [s.n.] Australia K003240603 Yes
Backer, C.A. [20816] Indonesia K000628374 No
Hubbard, C.E. [7373] Australia K003240608 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5489] Burma K001121080 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cunningham, A. [s.n.] Australia K000217282 Yes
Everist, S.L. [3207] Australia K003240588 Yes
Neldner, V.J.; Clarkson, J.R. [3034] Australia K003240600 Yes
Wilson, I.B. [8] Australia K003240635 Yes
Cunningham, A.; Hooker [s.n.] Australia K000217280 Yes
Sands [4080] Australia K003240612 Yes
MMC; CMC; PCC [Qld9054] Australia K003240599 Yes
Kostermans, A.J.G.H.; Wirawan, N. [354] Indonesia K000628375 No
Grierson, A.J.C.; Long, D.G. [2424] Bhutan K000628368 Yes
Maconochie, J.R. [569] Australia K003240632 Yes
Henderson, R. [H165] Australia K003240589 Yes

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