A Study on the Genus Indigofera Linn. from China

A Study on the Genus Indigofera Linn. from China

Fang Yun-Yi, Zheng Chao-Zong

(Department of Biology, Hangzhou University Hangzhou)

Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:1989-05-10 Published:1989-05-10
Contact: Fang Yun-Yi

Abstract

Abstract:

The genus Indigofera Linn. is one of the largest genera of papilionatae

of Leguminosae. It comprises 700 species in the world, of which 80 species and 8 varieties

occur in China. It was established by C. Linnaeus in 1752 and had been studied by J. Desvaux

(1813), A. P. De Candolle (1825), G. Bentham ex Harvey (1862), G. Bentham et J. D. Ho-

oker (1865), P. Taubert. (1894), P. Ch. Tisseraut (1913), and B. Gillett (1958) etc.

In the present paper, the taxonomic history is reviewed and the evolutionary trends of

some important morphological characters are discussed. According to the plant habit, cha-

racteristics of leaves, shape of fruits and the number of seeds per fruit, Indigofera Linn. from

China are divided into 3 subgenera: Subg. I. Indigofera, Subg. II. Sphaeridiophors Desv.,

Subg. III. Acanthonotus (Benth.) Benth. et Hook. f., in Subg. Indigofera, 14 subsections are

reported. A systematic key to the species is given.

Key words: China, Indigofera Linn., taxonomy, New taxa

Fang Yun-Yi, Zheng Chao-Zong. A Study on the Genus Indigofera Linn. from China[J]. .

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