Fabaceae Lindl.
Indigofera L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 751 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 333 [secondary reference]
Willdenow, C.L. (1799), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 2(2): 1235 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 194 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Sphaeridiophorum Desv. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 39 [secondary reference]
Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 268 BHL [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 96, 115, 121, 123 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 136 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 124-125 [secondary reference]
Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 371 [secondary reference]
  • Type: Indigofera tinctoria L.
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 315 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: Neo-latin for "indigo-bearing," because two tropical species - I. tinctoria, L. and I. anil, L. - are the plants from which indigo is chiefly produced.
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 461-462 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 160 [secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 256 [secondary reference]
Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 190 [secondary reference]
Eichler, Hj. (1966), Corrigenda and Addenda to the Supplement to J.M. Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition 1943-1957): - [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 228 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 164 [secondary reference]
Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 1: 89 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Anil Mill. legitimate
Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 601 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 123 [secondary reference]
Maconochie, J.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Indigofera. Flora of Central Australia: 157 [secondary reference]
Kort, I. de & Thijsse, G. (1984), A revision of the genus Indigofera (Leguminosae - Papilionoideae) in Southeast Asia. Blumea 30(1): 89-151 [secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 289-292 [secondary reference]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Indigofera. Flora of New South Wales 2: 407 [secondary reference]
Wilson, Peter G. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Indigofera. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 408 [secondary reference]
Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Fabaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 213 [secondary reference]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 178 [secondary reference]
Wilson, Peter G. & Rowe, R. in Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Indigofera. Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 86 [secondary reference]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 669 [secondary reference]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Indigofera. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 566 [secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 212 [secondary reference]
Wilson, Peter G. & Rowe, R. (21 July 2004), A revision of the Indigofereae (Fabaceae) in Australia. 1. Indigastrum and the simple or unifoliolate species of Indigofera. Telopea 10(3): 661 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Anil Mill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphaeridiophorum Desv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Indigofera sect. Sphaeridiophorum (Desv.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Anila Ludw. ex Kuntze legitimate
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 430 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Anil Mill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Indigo Adans. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphaeridiophorum Desv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oustropis G.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hemispadon Endl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eilemanthus Hochst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acanthonotus Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Indigofera subg. Amecarpus Benth. ex Harv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Indigofera sect. Sphaeridiophorum (Desv.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Indigofera subg. Acanthonotus (Benth.) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Anila Ludw. ex Kuntze legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), CoI, ChI, NT (native and naturalised), SA, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT, Vic