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Indigofera holstii

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Identification
Indigofera atriceps Hook.f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Gillett, J.B., Indigofera holstii (Baker f.) Baker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Indigofera secundiflora Poir. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Verified by Faubert, Indigofera secundiflora Poir. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ]
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  • Indigofera atriceps
  • Indigofera secundiflora
  • Indigofera holstii

Flora

Entry for INDIGOFERA atriceps (Bak. f.) Gillett subsp. kaessneri [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 (Bak. f.) Gillett subsp. kaessneri [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in K.B., Add. Ser. 1: 80 (1958); F.F.N.R.: 155 (1962). Type: Kenya, Kitui District, Gaditu, Kassner [Kässner] 876 (K, holo. !)
INDIGOFERA secundiflora var. ? [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], [sensu Vatke in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 29: 221 (1879)]
INDIGOFERA secundiflora [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], [sensu Taub. in P.O.A. C: 210 (1895), pro parte, non Poir.]
INDIGOFERA kaessneri Bak. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in J.B. 41: 326 (1903)
INDIGOFERA secundiflora Bak. f. var. holstii [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in J.B. 41: 326 (1903). Type: Tanganyika, Lushoto District, Kwa Mshusa [Mshuzu], Holst 8987 (K, holo. !)
INDIGOFERA holstii (Bak. f.) Bak. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], L.T.A.: 153 (1926)
INDIGOFERA setosissima [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], [sensu Chiov., Racc. Bot. Miss. Consol. Kenya: 30 (1935), non Harms]
Information
Biramous hairs on stems and leaves more or less crisped and spreading at the tips. Multicellular hairs on pods and stems pale, up to 1.0 or rarely 1.5 mm. long. Petiole rarely more than 3 mm. long. Fertile part of raceme about as long as peduncle. Calyx-lobes usually about as long as the stamens (± 4 mm.), sometimes shorter. Pod 8 or rarely 10 mm. long, often pale through an excess of white over dark hairs. Fig. 42/14, p. 281.
Range
DISTR. U1–3; K1–5, 7; T1–4
Altitude range
900–2400 m.
Distribution
KENYA Turkana District Murua Nysigar [Moruassigar], 16 Feb. 1965, Newbould 7187!KENYA 12 km. W. of Nakuru, 18 Sept. 1948, Bogdan 2100!KENYA Teita Hills, Wusi, 15 May 1931, Napier 1087 !TANGANYIKA Bukoba District Kishogo [Kischogo], 6 July 1913, Braun in Herb. Amani 5583 !TANGANYIKA Moshi District Kibosho, 12 Dec. 1930, Sanders 48 !TANGANYIKA Ufipa District new Sumbawanga–Mbala [Abercorn] road, 13 Feb. 1962, Richards 16107 !UGANDA Karamoja District Mt. Moroto, July 1930, Liebenberg 371 !UGANDA Kigezi District Mitano Gorge, Feb. 1947, Purseglove 2320 !UGANDA Mbale District slopes of Elgon N. of Kaburoron [Kabururoni] Police Station, 12 Oct. 1952, G. H. S. Wood 427 !
Distribution (external)
; S. Ethiopia (Mega)
NE. Zambia

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