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 Zimbabwe: 95 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| 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. scaberrima (Schinz) J.B. Gillett | W | |
| charlieriana Schinz subsp. sessilis (Chiov.) Schrire var. sessilis (Chiov.) J.B. Gillett | E | Description, Image |
| chimanimaniensis Schrire [End] [EN] | E | |
| circinella Baker f. | C | Description, Image |
| circinnata Benth. ex Harv. | S | Description, Image |
| colutea (Burm. f.) Merr. var. colutea | N,W,C,S | |
| cryptantha Benth. ex Harv. var. cryptantha | W | |
| daleoides Benth. ex Harv. var. daleoides | W,C,S | Description, Image |
| 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. parviflora J.B. Gillett | N,E,S | |
| dyeri Britten var. major J.B. Gillett | N,W,E | |
| dyeri Britten var. dyeri | 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. | N,W,C,E | Image |
| 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 | 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. corbyi Schrire | C,S | |
| setiflora Baker var. setiflora | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| 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. subulata | N,W,S | |
| subulata Poir. var. scabra (Roth) Meikle | N,C,E | |
| 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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