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. & Sessé 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 aņil  (Spanish), aņil 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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