Indigofera alternans DC.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Indigofera L.
Tribe: Indigofereae
References: [2659][347]

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Other names:

• Indigofera effusa E.Meyer [Synonym] [2659]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1994-10 Schrire BD
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened
• Section:
  • Indigofera sect. Alternifoliae Harv. [2654]

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [347]
  • Botswana [8]
  • Namibia-ISO [347]
  • South Africa [347]

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Notes:

• Root tubers on some material at Kew (Acocks 13).
  
• Record from Sudan (ref.29) surely wrong(J.B.Gillett, note in K copy of r.29).
  
• Subsection Alternifoliae. [2654]
  
• 2 varieties recognised, var. a and var. macra Bak. from Angola. [216]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:00:30