3702.000 Indigofera L.

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

Zimbabwe: 95 taxa.

Insects associated with this genus:

Azygophleps inclusa (Inclusive goat) Larval foodplant

Coeliades pisistratus (Two-pip policeman) Larval foodplant

Leptotes group (Blues) Food plant

Trigonodes hyppasia (Triangles) Larval foodplant

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	FZ divisions	Content
adenoides Baker f.	N,W,C,S
antunesiana Harms	N,C,E	Description, Image
arenophila Schinz	N,W
arrecta Hochst. ex A. Rich.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
astragalina DC.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
astragalina-hirsuta intermediates	N,W,C,S
atriceps Hook. f. subsp. atriceps	N	Description, Image
bainesii Baker	W,E,S
brachynema J.B. Gillett	N,W,C,E,S
cecilii N. E. Br.[NrEnd][LR-nt]	C?,E,S?	Description, Image
charlieriana Schinz subsp. charlieriana var. charlieriana	N,W,C,S	Description, Image
charlieriana Schinz subsp. charlieriana var. lata J.B. Gillett	W
charlieriana Schinz subsp. sessilis (Chiov.) Schrire var. sessilis (Chiov.) J.B. Gillett	E	Description, Image
charlieriana Schinz subsp. sessilis (Chiov.) Schrire var. scaberrima (Schinz) J.B. Gillett	W
chimanimaniensis Schrire[End][EN]	E
circinella Baker f.	C
circinnata Benth. ex Harv.	S	Description, Image
colutea (Burm. f.) Merr.	N,W,C,S
cryptantha Benth. ex Harv. var. cryptantha	W
daleoides Benth. ex Harv. var. daleoides	W,C,S
demissa Taub.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
dendroides Jacq.	N,C,E,S
dimidiata Walp.	E	Description, Image
dissitiflora Baker var. major (J.B. Gillett) Schrire[DD]	N,C
dyeri Britten var. dyeri	N,E,S
dyeri Britten var. major J.B. Gillett	N,W,E
dyeri Britten var. parviflora J.B. Gillett	N,E,S
emarginella A. Rich. var. emarginella	N,C,E,S
erythrogramma Baker subsp. lanceolata Schrire	N,C,E
eylesiana J.B. Gillett	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
fanshawei J.B. Gillett	N
filipes Benth. ex Harv.	W,C
flavicans Baker	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
fulvopilosa Brenan	N,C,E
gairdnerae Hutch. ex Baker f.	N,W	Description, Image
garckeana Vatke	C,E,S
glaucifolia Cronq. subsp. rhodesiaca (J.B. Gillett) Schrire	N,C
goetzei Harms	E	Description, Image
griseoides Harms subsp. griseoides	N,W
hedyantha Eckl. & Zeyh. subsp. inyangana (N.E. Br.) Schrire	E
hendecaphylla Jacq.	C
heterotricha DC. subsp. heterotricha	W,C,E,S
heterotricha DC. subsp. pechuelii (Kuntze) Schrire	S
hewittii Baker f.	N,W,C,E,S
hilaris Eckl. & Zeyh.	N,W,C,E	Description, Image
hirsuta L. var. hirsuta	N,W,C,E
holubii N.E. Br.	W,E,S	Description, Image
ingrata N.E. Br.	W,E,S
inhambanensis Klotzsch	N,W,C,E,S	Image
livingstoniana J.B. Gillett	N,W,C,S
longipedicellata J.B. Gillett[End][DD]	E	Description, Image
lupatana Baker f.	N,W,C,E,S
lyallii Baker subsp. lyallii	E	Description, Image
lyallii Baker subsp. nyassica J.B. Gillett	E
melanadenia Benth. ex Harv.	N,W,C,S
microcarpa Desv.	N,E,S
milne-redheadii J.B. Gillett	N
mimosoides Baker var. mimosoides	N,C,E,S
monantha Baker f.	N
nummulariifolia (L.) Livera ex Alston	N,W	Description, Image
ormocarpoides Baker	N,W,E,S	Description, Image
oxalidea Welw. ex Baker	W,E,S	Description, Image
paniculata Vahl ex Pers. subsp. gazensis (Baker f.) J.B. Gillett	E	Description, Image
patula Baker subsp. patula	C,E
praticola Baker f. var. praticola	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
pseudodyeri Schrire	N,W,E
rhynchocarpa Welw. ex Baker var. rhynchocarpa	N,C,E	Description, Image
rhytidocarpa Harv. var. rubrosiliqua Schrire	S
rhytidocarpa Benth. ex Harv. var. rhytidocarpa	W,E,S	Description, Image
sanguinea N.E. Br.	S
schimperi Jaub. & Spach var. schimperi	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
schimperi Jaub. & Spach var. baukeana (Vatke) J.B. Gillett	W,S
sebungweensis J.B. Gillett[End][DD]	N
serpentinicola Schrire[End][LR-lc]	N,C,S	Description, Image
setiflora Baker var. setiflora	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
setiflora Baker var. corbyi Schrire	C,S
sordida Benth. ex Harv.	C
soutpansbergensis Schrire	N,C,E
spicata Forssk.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
streyana Merxm.	N,W,S
strobilifera (Hochst.) Hochst. ex Baker subsp. strobilifera	N,W,C	Image
subcorymbosa Baker var. subcorymbosa	C,E,S	Description, Image
subulata Poir. var. scabra (Roth) Meikle	N,C,E
subulata Poir. var. subulata	N,W,S
subulifera Welw. ex Baker var. subulifera
swaziensis Bolus var. perplexa (N.E. Br.) J.B. Gillett	N,C,E,S
tinctoria L. var. arcuata J.B. Gillett	N,W,E,S	Description, Image
vicioides Jaub. & Spach subsp. excelsa Schrire[NrEnd]	E
vicioides Jaub. & Spach subsp. rogersii (R.E. Fr.) Schrire	N,W,C,E,S
vicioides Jaub. & Spach subsp. vicioides	N,W,C,E,S
viscidissima Baker subsp. orientalis J.B. Gillett	N,E
viscidissima Baker subsp. viscidissima	N
wentzeliana Harms	C	Description, Image
wildiana J.B. Gillett	N,W,C,E,S
zenkeri Harms ex Baker f.	E

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