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3702.000 Indigofera
Description of the genus
Herbs or shrubs. Hairs usually medifixed. Leaves usually imparipinnate. Flowers usually in axillary racemes. Corolla usually red. Stamens united or with the upper one free; anthers apiculate. Fruit usually dehiscent. Derivation of name: Indigo-fera: indigo-bearing Worldwide: c. 700 species in tropical and warm areas Caprivi: 41 cultivated taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | Content |
| ambelacensis Schweinf. | |
| arrecta Hochst. ex A. Rich. | Description, Image |
| atriceps Hook.f.[Agg] | |
| atriceps Hook. f. subsp. atriceps | Description, Image |
| atriceps Hook.f. subsp. ramosa (Cronquist) J.B.Gillett | |
| atriceps Hook.f. subsp. setosissima (Harms) J.B. Gillett | |
| circinella Baker f. | |
| colutea (Burm. f.) Merr. | |
| congesta Baker | |
| congolensis De Wild. & T.Durand | |
| conjugata Baker[Agg] | |
| dendroides Jacq. | |
| drepanocarpa Taub. | |
| emarginella Steud. ex A.Rich.[Agg] | |
| fulvopilosa Brenan | |
| garckeana Vatke | |
| hendecaphylla Jacq. | |
| homblei Baker f. & Martin | |
| kaessneri Baker f. | |
| longibarbata Engl. | |
| longistaminata Schrire | |
| macrocalyx Guill. & Perr. | |
| microcalyx Baker | |
| monantha Baker f. | |
| monanthoides J.B.Gillett | |
| oxalidea Welw. ex Baker | Description, Image |
| paniculata Vahl ex Pers.[Agg] | |
| paracapitata J.B. Gillett | |
| phyllanthoides Baker | |
| podocarpa Baker f. & Martin | |
| polysphaera Baker | Description, Image |
| pulchra Willd. | |
| radicifera Cronquist[Agg] | |
| secundiflora Poir.[Agg] | |
| simplicifolia Lam. | |
| spicata Forssk. | Description, Image |
| stenophylla Guill. & Perr. | |
| subulifera Welw. ex Baker[Agg] | |
| trita L.f. | |
| vicioides Jaub. & Spach subsp. rogersii (R.E. Fr.) Schrire | |
| zenkeri Harms ex Baker f. |
Other sources of information about Indigofera:
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Flora of Botswana: IndigoferaFlora of Caprivi: Indigofera
Flora of Malawi: Indigofera
Flora of Mozambique: Indigofera
Flora of Zambia: Indigofera
Flora of Zimbabwe: Indigofera
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Indigofera
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): IndigoferaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Indigofera
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Indigofera
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Indigofera
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Indigofera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Indigofera
JSTOR Plant Science: Indigofera
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Indigofera
Plants of the World Online: Indigofera
Tropicos: Indigofera
Wikipedia: Indigofera
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