Indigofera tinctoria

Indigofera tinctoria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
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: Indigofera
Sectio: I. sect. Indigofera
Subsectio: I. subsect. Indigofera
Species: Indigofera tinctoria
Varietas: I. t. var. tinctoria

Name

Indigofera tinctoria L. (1753)

Synonyms

• Anil tinctoria (L.) Kuntze
• Anil tinctoria var. normalis Kuntze

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Ghana, Malawi, Maldives, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Pakistan, West Himalaya Regional: Arabian Peninsula Yemen Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Peru Introduced into: Alabama, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Northern Territory, Oman, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Seychelles, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Sumatera, Taiwan, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 751. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Indigofera tinctoria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Indigofera tinctoria. Published online. Accessed: Feb 15 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Indigofera tinctoria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Feb 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Indigofera tinctoria. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 15. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Indigofera tinctoria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: নীলগাছ
Deutsch: Indigopflanze
English: True indigo
suomi: Väri-indigo
français: Indigotier
Bahasa Indonesia: Tarum
polski: Indygowiec farbiarski
தமிழ்: அவுரி
ไทย: คราม
Tagalog: Nila

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