Indigastrum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Indigofereae
Genus: Indigastrum
Species: I. argyraeum – I. argyroides – I. burkeanum – I. costatum – I. parviflorum
Name

Indigastrum Jaub. & Spach (1856)

Type species: I. deflexum Jaub. & Spach

Synonyms

Homotypic
Indigofera [unranked] Indigastrum (Jaub. & Spach) Baker f., Leguminosae Trop. Afr. 1: 161. 1926.
Indigofera subg. Indigastrum (Jaub. & Spach) Gillett, Kew Bull., Add. Ser. 1: 123. 1958.

References

Jaubert, H.F. & Spach, É. 1856: Ill. Pl. Or. 5: 101, t. 492.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Indigastrum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Indigastrum is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Indigofereae of the family Fabaceae.[2] It includes eight species native to sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, India, and Australia.[3]
Species

Indigastrum comprises the following species:[3][1][4][5]

Indigastrum argyroides (E.Mey.) Schrire
Indigastrum burkeanum (Benth. ex Harv.) Schrire
Indigastrum candidissimum (Dinter) Schrire
Indigastrum costatum (Guill. & Perr.) Schrire
subsp. costatum (Guill. & Perr.) Schrire
subsp. goniodes (Baker) Schrire
subsp. macrum (E.Mey.) Schrire
subsp. theuschii (O.Hoffm.) Schrire
Indigastrum fastigiatum (E. Mey.) Schrire
Indigastrum guerranum (Torre) Schrire
Indigastrum niveum (Willd. ex Spreng.) Schrire & Callm.
Indigastrum parviflorum (Heyne ex Wight & Arn.) Schrire
var. crispidulum (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
subsp. occidentale (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
subsp. parviflorum (B. Heyne ex Wight & Arn.) Schrire

References

Schrire BD (1992). "New combinations and resurrected names in Microcharis and Indigastrum (Fabaceae—Papilionoideae)". Bothalia. 22 (2): 165–170. doi:10.4102/abc.v22i2.833.
Schrire BD, Lavin M, Barker NP, Forest F (2009). "Phylogeny of the tribe Indigofereae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae): Geographically structured more in succulent-rich and temperate settings than in grass-rich environments". Am J Bot. 96 (4): 816–52. doi:10.3732/ajb.0800185. PMID 21628237.
Indigastrum Jaub. & Spach. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Indigastrum". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Indigastrum". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 12 February 2017.