Family:
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus:
Indigofera L.

Indigofera pseudointricata J.B.Gillett

This species is accepted, and its native range is NE. Somalia, Socotra.

[ILDIS]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub

[FSOM]

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

Morphology General Habit
Shrublet, up to 20(–70) cm tall; young stems appressed silvery strigose
Morphology Leaves
Leaves simple, linear, up to 10 x 1.5 mm, silvery strigose; petiole c. 0.6 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes 1–2-flowered, very short
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 1.5 mm long, silvery strigose, divided to about the middle
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard strigose outside
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 4–5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod up to 14 x 1.5 mm, straight, strigose, c. 5-seeded.
Distribution
N3 (near Eyl); Socotra
Ecology
Low altitude.

Native to:

Socotra, Somalia

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

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 10, 1954 Schweinfurth, G. [298], Socotra K000392732 holotype Yes
Smith, A.R. [102], Socotra K000392731 Yes

First published in Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 1: 55 (1958)

Accepted by

  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

  • Flora of Somalia

    Flora of Somalia
    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/

  • 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 Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0