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Indigofera volkensii

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Identification
Isotype of Indigofera volkensii Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Indigofera volkensii Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Indigofera subhirtella
  • Indigofera sesquijuga
  • Indigofera volkensii
  • Indigofera phillipsiae
  • Indigofera viridiflora
  • Indigofera boranensis
  • Indigofera insularis

Flora

Entry for INDIGOFERA volkensii Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
INDIGOFERA volkensii Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1895).
INDIGOFERA phillipsiae Bak. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1903);. types: N Somalia, James & Thrupp s.n. (K syn.), Lort Phillips s.n. (BM K syn.).
INDIGOFERA insularis Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1908).
INDIGOFERA phillipsiae Chiov. var. erecta [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Fl. Somala 1: 140 (1929);. types: N3, Stefanini & Puccioni 770 & 1046 (both FT syn.).
INDIGOFERA phillipsiae Chiov. var. prostrata [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Fl. Somala 1: 140 (1929);. type: S2, Mogadishu, Stefanini & Puccioni 86 (FT holo.).
INDIGOFERA sesquijuga Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1929);. types: N3, Stefanini & Puccioni 28 & 946 (FT syn.).
INDIGOFERA viridiflora Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1929);. type: N3, Stefanini & Puccioni 891 (FT holo.).
INDIGOFERA boranensis Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1939).
INDIGOFERA subhirtella Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1939).
Information
Perennial, up to 40 cm tall; stems, leaf-rhachides and inflorescences ± densely strigose, the hairs often spreading at the tips. Leaf-rhachis up to 30 mm long including a petiole of 1–7 mm. Leaflets 2–7, alternate, lanceolate-oblong, the terminal largest, up to 45 x 18 mm, strigose on both sides. Stipules narrow, hardly scarious, without a glabrescent margin. Racemes up to 7(–15) cm long including the peduncle. Calyx 3.5–6 mm long, divided almost to the base into setaceous lobes. Standard pubescent outside. Stamens 3.5–5 mm long. Pod up to 15 x 2 mm, straight, deflexed, 5–8-seeded.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S1, 2
Altitude range
0–1800 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin 4166; Thulin & Warfa 4528; Hansen 6039.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Sudan
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Notes
Geed-xajiin, nagaro (Som.). I. volkensii is very variable, particularly in number and size of leaflets, indumentum and flower size. It is taken here in a broad sense, including also I. sesquijuga and I. viridiflora which have, up to now, been regarded as distinct species. The related and widespread I. spicata Forssk., with stipules with a broad scarious base and glabrescent at the margin, almost certainly occurs in Somalia but has not yet been recorded.

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