Fabaceae Lindl.
Indigofera australis subsp. hesperia Peter G.Wilson & Rowe , legitimate, scientific
Wilson, Peter G. & Rowe, R. (20 December 2010), New taxa and typifications in Indigofera (Fabaceae) for South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 24: 68-69 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Holotype: Kalbarri, upper banks of the Murchison River, 22 Sep. 1991, Peter G.Wilson 1219 & R.Rowe (NSW). Isotypes: AD, PERTH."
taxonomic synonym: Indigofera ervoides Meisn. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Indigofera australis var. angulata Benth. legitimate misapplication: Indigofera australis Willd. legitimate by Ker Gawler, J.B. (1819), The Botanical Register: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants, Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment 5: t. 386
  • Etymology: "The epithet is an adjective that is a latinised form of the Greek hesperos meaning 'pertaining to the evening' or 'west', a reference to this taxon's distribution in the western half of the continent."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Indigofera ervoides Meisn. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Indigofera australis var. angulata Benth. legitimate misapplication: Indigofera australis Willd. legitimate by Ker Gawler, J.B. (1819), The Botanical Register: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants, Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment 5: t. 386 misapplication: Indigofera australis Willd. legitimate by Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Papilionoideae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 578
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA