Fabaceae
Indigofera

Indigofera deflersii Baker f.

First published in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 49: 194 (1904)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. Somalia, Yemen. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Prostrate or decumbent herb
Morphology Stem
Stems to 20 cm long, covered by appressed to somewhat spreading hairs when young
Morphology Leaves
Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate; rhachis up to 18 mm long including petiole of up to 13 mm
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets cuneate-obovate, up to 15 x 12 mm, both sides rough by hairs with ± spreading tips; stipules linear, up to 4 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Axis of inflorescence up to 12 cm long including up to 2 cm long peduncle, ± sparsely hairy, green, not spinescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx c. 1.2–1.5 mm long, divided to below the middle
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard pubescent outside, ± persistent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens c. 3.2 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style c. 1 mm long, upcurved
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod reflexed, straight, 4-angular, somewhat torulose, c. 10–12 x 2–2.4 mm, pubescent with ± spreading hairs, c. 4–5-seeded; endocarp unspotted
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds angular, c. 1.2 x 1.2 mm.
Distribution
N2; Yemen (Hadramaut)
Ecology
Altitude c. 500 m.
Note
First record for Somalia (S of Laasqoray, along the road to the Geldora Pass at 11°03’N, 48°16’E). I. deflersii has previously been known only from the type, Deflers 384 (Z holo.), a young plant without fruits from Hadramaut (see Thulin in Opera Bot. 68: 95, 1983). New complete material from the type locality (Thulin & al. 7882) supports the view that this is a distinct species related to I. spiniflora Boiss. The above collection from Somalia is obviously conspecific.
[FSOM]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0