Fabaceae
Indigofera

Indigofera nephrocarpa Balf.f.

First published in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 11: 509 (1882)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia, Socotra, S. Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan. It is an annual, perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Prostrate perennial; stems silvery with hairs usually spreading at the tips
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-rhachis up to c. 2.5 mm long
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 1–3, alternate, ± broadly obovate or obcordate, 1.5–5 x 1.5–4 mm, silvery with hairs usually spreading at the tips
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes 2–6-flowered, very short, peduncle up to 5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 1–1.5 mm long, divided to about the middle
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard pubescent outside
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens c. 1.5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod curved ± into a circle, c. 2 x 1.6 mm, covered with spreading hairs, 1-seeded.
Distribution
N3 (Cape Guardafui); Socotra, Yemen, Oman
Ecology
Altitude c. 200 m.
[FSOM]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Annual/Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 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 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0