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Indigofera elskensii

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Identification
Indigofera elskensii De Wild. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Indigofera atriceps Hook.f. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Indigofera elskensii
  • Indigofera atriceps

Flora

Entry for INDIGOFERA atriceps (Harms) Gillett subsp. setosissima [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 atriceps (Harms) Gillett subsp. setosissima [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in K.B., Add. Ser. 1: 79 (1958); F.F.N.R.: 155 (1962). Type: Rwanda, Lake Mohasi, Mildbraed 577 (B, holo. †)
INDIGOFERA setosissima Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Z.A.E.: 252 (1911)
INDIGOFERA elskensii De Wild. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Pl. Bequaert. 2: 255 (1924). Type: Burundi, Kitega, Elskens 243 (BR, holo.!)
Information
Biramous hairs on stems and leaves appressed. Multicellular hairs on stems copious, usually reddish, often very long (up to 3 mm.). Petiole usually over 5 mm., often over 10 mm. long. Filaments ± 4 mm. long, usually about twice as long as calyx. Pod ± 4-seeded, rarely over 8 mm. long.
Range
DISTR. U2, 4; K3, 5; T1. 4, 7, 8
Altitude range
800–1850 m.
Distribution
KENYA Trans-Nzoia District Kitale, Maher 2048! & 14 Sept. 1958, Napper 789!KENYA Kericho District Sotik, 10 Oct. 1927, McDonald in A.D. 1085 !TANGANYIKA Bukoba District Kitwe, Oct. 1931, Haarer 2208!TANGANYIKA Mpanda District Mahali Mts., Sobogo, 31 July 1958, Newbould & Jefford 1231 !TANGANYIKA Songea District Kigonsera, 14 Apr. 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 9713 !UGANDA Toro District Kisomoro, 22 Mar. 1932, Hazel 210 !UGANDA Masaka District Sese Is., Bugala, 6 June 1932, A. S. Thomas 128 !UGANDA Kampala, Oct. 1931, Agr. Dept. 2305!
Distribution (external)
; E. Congo
Rwanda
Burundi
SW. Ethiopia
Zambia

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