Fabaceae
Indigofera

Indigofera lughensis Thulin

First published in Nordic J. Bot. 12: 322 (1992)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Somalia. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

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: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

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

Type
S1, 7 km on road from Luuq towards Waajid, then 6 km on road towards Yeed, Thulin & Bashir Mohamed 7009 (UPS holo., E EA FT K MOG iso.)
Morphology General Habit
Shrublet or subshrub to 0.5 m tall; young stems completely covered by appressed white hairs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 1-foliolate; petiole 7–15 mm long; leaflet ± broadly elliptic, 14–46 x 7–33 mm, rounded to shallowly emarginate at the apex, sparsely appressed pubescent on both sides
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes c. 15–40-flowered, 2.5–17 cm long including peduncle of up to 1 cm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx c. 1.5–2 mm long, divided to below the middle
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard strigose outside, persistent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens c. 4 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod reflexed, straight or almost so, 10–15 x c. 1.8 mm, dorsiventrally flattened, strigose, 4–7-seeded.
Distribution
S1 only known from the type.
Ecology
Altitude c. 190 m.
[FSOM]

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 2025. 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 2025. 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