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Indigofera atricephala

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Indigofera atricephala Gillett [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Gillett JB, 1955
Related name
  • Indigofera dasyantha
  • Indigofera atricephala
  • Indigofera unrecorded

Flora

Entry for INDIGOFERA atricephala Gillett [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1971) Author: J. B. GILLETT, R. M. POLHILL & B. VERDCOURT
Names
INDIGOFERA atricephala Gillett [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in K.B., Add. Ser. 1: 81 (1958). Type: Tanganyika, Mbeya District, Usafwa, R. M. Davies 143 (K, holo. !, EA, iso.!)
Information
Closely related to I. schliebenii, but the leaflets are more numerous (5–7) and wider in proportion to their length (up to 15 mm. long and 8 mm. wide), the peduncle is up to 4.5 cm. long, the standard is not pointed, the keel is not rostrate, and the stamens are 4 mm. long.
Range
DISTR. T4, 7, ? 8
Altitude range
1600–2100 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Ufipa District near Sumbawanga, Malonje farm, 12 Mar. 1957, Richards 8640 !TANGANYIKA Mts. E. of Lake Nyasa (possibly in Mozambique), W. P. Johnson !
Distribution (external)
; ? Mozambique

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