Indigofera

Indigofera
Indigofera tinctoria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Indigofereae
Genus: Indigofera
L. (1753)
Type species
Indigofera tinctoria
L.
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1][2]
  • Acanthonotus Benth. (1849)
  • Amecarpus Benth. (1847)
  • Bremontiera DC. (1825)
  • Brissonia Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr.
  • Eleimanthus Hochst. (1846)
  • Elasmocarpus Hochst. ex Chiov. (1903 publ. 1902)
  • Hemispadon Endl. (1832)
  • Indigo Adans. (1763)
  • Oustropis G.Don (1832)
  • Sphaeridiophorum Desv. (1813)
  • Tricoilendus Raf. (1837)
  • Vaughania S.Moore (1920)

Indigofera is a large genus of over 750 species[3] of flowering plants belonging to the pea family Fabaceae. They are widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.[3][2]

  1. ^ Schrire BD. (2008). "The Madagascan genus Vaughania is reduced to synonymy under Indigofera (Leguminosae–Papilionoideae–Indigofereae)". Kew Bulletin. 63 (3): 477–479. Bibcode:2008KewBu..63..477S. doi:10.1007/s12225-008-9061-7. JSTOR 20649585. S2CID 43308210.
  2. ^ a b "Indigofera L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b Gao X, Schrire BD. "Indigofera L." Flora of China. eFloras (Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA). Retrieved 12 February 2017.