Indigofera garckeana Vatke

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

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Other names:

• Indigofera garkeana Vatke [Synonym] [279]
  
• Indigofera rhynchocarpa Baker Var. quadrangularis Berhaut [Synonym] [347]
  
• Indigofera tetragona Lebrun & Taton [Synonym] [347]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
• 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. Indigofera [2654]

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Burundi [210]
  • Chad [64]
  • Ethiopia [347]
  • Kenya [347]
  • Mozambique [347]
  • Rwanda [210]
  • Senegal [347]
  • Sudan [347]
  • Tanzania [347]
  • Uganda [347]
  • Zaire [347]
  • Zambia [347]
  • Zimbabwe [347]

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Notes:

• Very close to both I.rhynchocarpa & I.binderi (Gillett,r.347,p.93).
  
• Note: does not occur in South Africa or Malawi.
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:01:38