Fabaceae

Indigofera L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 751 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Africa, Asia to SW. Pacific, Central & S. U.S.A. to Tropical & Subtropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Bermuda, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, Cook Is., Fiji, Hawaii, Marianas, Marquesas, Nauru, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Caucasus, Rodrigues, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Tonga, Transcaucasus, Tubuai Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

  • Anil Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: s.p. (1754)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Tisserant in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 3: 163–172, 258–272 (1931).
  • —F.T.A. 2: 65

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Gillett in Kew Bull., Add. Ser. 1 (1958) & Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1971).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gillett in K.B., Add. Ser. 1 (1958)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 333 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 751 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 1974 Letouzey, R. [13433], Cameroon K000087040 No
Nov 1, 1974 Letouzey, R. [13136], Cameroon K000087142 No
McWhirter, J. [239], Madagascar 32227.000 No
61448.000 No
Schrire, B.D. [2581], Kenya 62732.000 No
Schrire, B.D. [2565], Kenya 62852.000 No
Kuchar, P. [17682], Somalia K000392765 isotype Yes
Kuchar, P. [17682], Somalia K000392766 isotype Yes
Thulin, M. [5561], Somalia K000392838 isotype Yes
Moore, C. [s.n.], Australia K000217363 Yes
Lindley [s.n.], Australia K000217399 Yes
Bauer [s.n.], Australia K000217447 Yes
Mitchell [s.n.], Australia K000217448 Yes
Cunningham, A. [s.n.], Australia K000217466 Yes
leg. ign. [s,n,], Australia K000217465 Yes
leg. ign. [s.n.], Australia K000217364 Yes
Cunningham, A. [s.n.], Australia K000217321 Yes
leg. ign. [s.n.], Australia K000217467 Yes
leg. ign. [20], Australia K000217472 Yes
Backhouse, J. [s.n.], Australia K000217361 Yes
Patel, H. [7413], Mozambique K000613675 No

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Legumes of the World Online

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