Fabaceae
Indigofera

Indigofera polysphaera Baker

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 65 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Schrire, B.D. (2012). Flora Zambesiaca 3(4): 1-245. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • van der Maesen, L.J.G. & Sosef, M.S.M. (2016). Flore du Gabon 49: 1-407. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 1: 103
  • Cronq. in Fl. Congo Belge 5: 128.
  • in Kew Bull. 1895: 65

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Schrire, B.D. (2012). Flora Zambesiaca 3(4): 1-245. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • van der Maesen, L.J.G. & Sosef, M.S.M. (2016). Flore du Gabon 49: 1-407. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1895: 65 (1895).
  • Cronquist in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 5: 128 (1954).
  • Gillett in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 538 (1958)
  • Gillett in Kew Bulletin, Add. Ser. 1: 27 (1958).
  • Torre in Consp. Fl. Angol. 3: 104 (1962).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1997 Bidgood, S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.; Whitehouse, C. [3621] Tanzania K000624280 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Liben, L. [2541] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000624272 No
Jan 1, 1979 de Kruif, A.P.M. [453] Cote d'Ivoire K001562578 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [1268] Burkina Faso K000624261 Yes
Oct 10, 1969 Jackson, J.A.D. [677] Nigeria K000624267 Yes
Jan 1, 1959 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [1993] Cote d'Ivoire K000624260 Yes
Jan 1, 1958 s.coll. [14043] Angola K000624288 No
Latilo, M.G. [23542] Nigeria K000624266 Yes
Mullenders, W. [186] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000624270 No
Reekmans, M. [8989] Burundi K000624273 No
Ern, H.; Leuenberger, B.; Scholz, H.; Scholz, U.; Schwarz, W. [2046] Togo K000624263 Yes
Chevalier, A. [22146] Cote d'Ivoire K000392683 Isotype Yes
Hambler, D.J. [358] Nigeria K000624264 No
Sanane, M. [474] Zambia K000624285 No
Boussim, J.; Sanogo, S.; Slageren, M., van [1499] Mali K000624259 Yes
Katende, A.B. [649] Uganda K000624279 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9646] Tanzania K000624282 Yes
Christiaensen, A.R. [1175] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000624269 No
Richards, H.M. [8857] Zambia K000624286 No
Tanner, R. [4886] Tanzania K000624284 Yes
Letouzey, R. [7690] Cameroon K000624274 No
Bullock, A.A. [2819] Tanzania K000624283 Yes
Carson, A. [70 of 1894 collection] K000392938 Type Yes
Fay, J.M. [5960] Central African Republic K000624268 No
Innes, R.R. [2129] Ghana K000624262 Yes
Schlechter, R. [1899] Gabon K000624275 No
Hambler, D.J. [358] Nigeria K000624265 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [8651] Zambia K000624287 No
Purseglove, J.W. [1039] Uganda K000624277 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9646] Tanzania K000624281 Yes
Wood, G.H.S. [716] Uganda K000624278 Yes
Myers, J.G. [7741] Sudan K000624276 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0