Indigofera
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Indigofera

indigo

Hierarchical position of the Genus Indigofera

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.
  
   Ordo  Fabales Bromhead
pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838.
common name: legumes
  
   Familia  Fabaceae Lindl.
pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 148. Jul 1836.
common name: Leguminosae
  
   Tribus  Indigofereae Benth.
pub. Fl. Hongk.: 75. Feb 1861.
  
   Subtribus  Indigoferinae Thomson
pub. J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5(Suppl. 1): xv. 1860.
  
   Genus  Indigofera L.
pub. (1753)
common name: indigo
  

Named members of the Genus Indigofera

1
   Species  arrecta Hochst. ex A. Rich.
common name: Natal indigo
2
   Species  caroliniana P. Mill.
common name: Carolina indigo
3
   Species  colutea (Burm. f.) Merr.
common name: rusty indigo
4
   Species  endecaphylla Jacq.
syn. Indigofera spicata
5
   Species  guatemalensis Moc. & Sess� ex Prain & Baker
common name: Guatemalan indigo
6
   Species  hirsuta L.
common name: roughhairy indigo
7
   Species  keyensis Small
syn. Indigofera trita var. keyensis
8
   Species  kirilowii Maxim. ex Palibin
common name: Kirilow's indigo
9
   Species  leptosepala Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray
syn. Indigofera miniata var. leptosepala
10
   Species  lindheimeriana Scheele
common name: Lindheimer's indigo
11
   Species  miniata Ortega
 
12
   Varietas  florida Isely
common name: Florida indigo
13
   Varietas  leptosepala (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) B.L. Turner
common name: western indigo
14
   Varietas  miniata
common name: coastal indigo
15
   Varietas  texana (Buckl.) B.L. Turner
common name: Texas indigo
16
   Species  mucronata Spreng. ex DC.
 
17
   Varietas  keyensis (Small) Isely
syn. Indigofera trita var. keyensis
18
   Species  parviflora K. Heyne ex Wight & Arn.
common name: smallflower indigo
19
   Species  pilosa Poir.
common name: softhairy indigo
20
   Species  sphaerocarpa Gray
common name: Sonoran indigo
21
   Species  spicata Forsk.
common name: trailing indigo
22
   Species  subulata Vahl ex Poiret
syn. Indigofera trita ssp. subulata
23
   Species  suffruticosa P. Mill.
common name: indigo, azul de a�il  (Spanish), a�il de pasto  (Spanish), xiuquilitl  (Nahuatl Aztec)
  
24
   Species  sumatrana Gaertn.
syn. Indigofera tinctoria
25
   Species  teysmannii Miq.
syn. Indigofera zollingeriana
26
   Species  tinctoria L.
common name: true indigo
  
27
   Species  trifoliata L.
common name: threeleaf indigo
28
   Species  trita L. f.
 
29
   Varietas  keyensis (Small) Kartesz & Gandhi
common name: Asian indigo
30
   Subspecies  subulata (Vahl ex Poiret) Ali
common name: Asian indigo
31
   Species  zollingeriana Miq.
common name: Zollinger's indigo

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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