Fabaceae
Indigofera

Indigofera tetrasperma Vahl ex Pers.

First published in Syn. Pl. 2: 325 (1807)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Cameroon. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burkina, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, Togo

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517. [Cited as Indigofera simplicifolia.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 1: 103.
  • Bak. f. in J. Bot. 41: 189, partly
  • F.T.A. 2: 72
  • Sebum. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 365 (1827)
  • Syn. 2: 325 (1807)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Hepper, F. N. (1958). Papilionoideae. In: Flora West Tropical Africa. Keay, R. W. J.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1966 Akpabla, G.K. [1814] Ghana K000239652 No
Jan 1, 1966 Morton, J.K. [2087] Ghana K000239650 No
Sep 1, 1955 Morton, J.K. [9313] Ghana K000239651 No
Apr 29, 1955 Vigne [2415] Ghana K000239647 No
Apr 29, 1955 Irvine, F.R. [792] Ghana K000239649 No
Apr 29, 1955 Irvine, F.R. [128] Ghana K000239648 No
Apr 29, 1955 Chevalier, A.J.B. [22210] Cote d'Ivoire K000239645 No
Apr 29, 1955 Irvine, J.R. [570] Ghana K000239646 No
Schäfer, P.A. [8553] Togo K000239644 No
Ern, H. [3205] Togo K000239643 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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/

  • 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