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Indigofera argentea Burm.f.

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera argentea Burm.f. [Preferred name]
    Indigofera burmannii Boiss. {Synonym}
    Indigofera semitrijuga sensu Baker {Misapplied}
    Indigofera semitrijuga var. tetrasperma DC. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [332]; Chad (N) [347]; Egypt (N) [347]; Ethiopia (N) [347]; Mali (N) [347]; Mauritania (N) [347]; Niger (N) [347]; Socotra (N) [90]; Somalia (N) [347]; Sudan (N) [347]
  Asia
India (N) [347, 3207]; Gujarat [3207]; Rajasthan [3207]; Iran (N) [347]; Pakistan (N) [332, 1938]
  Middle East
Oman (N) [347]; Qatar (N) [1939]; Saudi Arabia (N) [332]; South Yemen (N) [347]; United Arab Emirates (N) [1939]; Yemen (N) [347]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sahara regional transition zone: desert. [332];
    Somalia-Masai shrubland [24];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 1861, 1938, 2457, 3207] ; Distribution Map [332, 3207] ; Illustration [1938, 3207]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Annual, Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Section: Indigofera sect. Viscosae Rydberg. [2654] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Forage [78]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

78.

  Peyre de Fabregues, B.& Lebrun, 1976
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger

90.

  Balfour, I.B., 1887
    Trans.Roy.Soc.Edinb.31:1-446.Botany of Socotra

332.

  Lebrun, J.-P., 1977
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.4. Elem atlas pl.vasc. de l'Afrique seche. 1

347.

  Gillett, J.B., 1958
    Kew Bull.Addnl.ser.1:1-166.Indigofera..in Tropical Africa.

1861.

  Rechinger, K.H., 1984
    Flora Iranica. 157: Papilionaceae II.

1938.

  Ali, S.I., 1977
    Papilion. In:Flora of West Pakistan, No 100.

1939.

  Lock, J.M. & Simpson, K., 1991
    Legumes of West Asia: A Checklist. RBG, Kew.

2457.

  Thulin, M.(ed.), 1993
    Flora of Somalia,Vol.1

2654.

  Schrire, B.D., 1994
    Cladistic...tribe Indigofer.Adv.Leg.Syst.Phylogeny7,R.Bot.Gs

3207.

  Sanjappa, M., 1995
    In Hajra,PK et al.(eds). Fascicles of Fl.of Ind.21:123.Indig
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