Overview
Comprehensive Description
Derivation of specific name
hirsuta: covered with long, moderately stiff and not interwoven hairs; hirsute
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Distribution
Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Indigofera hirta Bojer:
Madagascar (Africa & Madagascar)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Madagascar (Africa & Madagascar)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Baillon, H. E. 1882-1894. Liste de plantes de Madagascar. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 330–1199 (sporadic pagination).
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1540
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Indigofera hirsuta L.:
Indonesia (Asia)
India (Asia)
Laos (Asia)
Cambodia (Asia)
Bangladesh (Asia)
Brazil (South America)
Burma (Asia)
Australia (Oceania)
Philippines (Asia)
Malaysia (Asia)
Sri Lanka (Asia)
Thailand (Asia)
Taiwan (Asia)
Vietnam (Asia)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
China (Asia)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Guyana (South America)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
French Guiana (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
Ecuador (South America)
Madagascar (Africa & Madagascar)
Venezuela (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Peru (South America)
Paraguay (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Indonesia (Asia)
India (Asia)
Laos (Asia)
Cambodia (Asia)
Bangladesh (Asia)
Brazil (South America)
Burma (Asia)
Australia (Oceania)
Philippines (Asia)
Malaysia (Asia)
Sri Lanka (Asia)
Thailand (Asia)
Taiwan (Asia)
Vietnam (Asia)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
China (Asia)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Guyana (South America)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
French Guiana (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
Ecuador (South America)
Madagascar (Africa & Madagascar)
Venezuela (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Peru (South America)
Paraguay (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Forzza, R. C. & et al. 2010. 2010 Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil. http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100002289
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Cowan, C. P. 1983. Flora de Tabasco. Listados Floríst. México 1: 1–123.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/511
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Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/866
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Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia. 369 pp.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1411
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Liogier, H. A. 1988. Spermatophyta: Leguminosae to Anacardiaceae. Descr. Fl. Puerto Rico & Adj. Isl. 2: 1–481.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1871
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Vatke, W. 1880. Leguminosae Hildebrandtianae madagascarienses enumeratae autore codem, Coll. I-II. Linnaea 43: 100–112.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/17406
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Lemee, A. 1952. Legumineuses. vol. 2. In A. M. V. Lemée Fl. Guyane Franç. P. Lechevalier, Paris.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/167
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Fournet, J. 1978. Fabaceae Flore illustree des phanerogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/459
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Berendsohn, W. G. & A. E. A. González. 1989. Listado básico de la Flora Salvadorensis: Familia 118: Leguminosae. Cuscatlania 1(2): 1–16.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9808
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Janzen, D. H. & R. Liesner. 1980. Annotated Check-list of Plants of Lowland Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Exclusive of Grasses and Non-Vascular Cryptogams. Brenesia 18: 15–90.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1432
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Candolle, R. E. A. d. 1901. Plantae Madagascarienses ab Alberto Mocquerysio lectae. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1(6): 549–587.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1950
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Rydberg, P. A. 1923. Fabaceae-Indigofereae, Galegeae (pars). 24(3): 137–200. In N. Amer. Fl. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1739
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Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: i–viii, 1–1181.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/42250
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Flora of China Editorial Committee. 1988-2013. Fl. China Unpaginated. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/42480
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Howard, R. A. 1988. Leguminosae. Fl. Lesser Antilles (Dicotyledoneae–Part 1) 4: 334–538.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1877
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Flora of China Editorial Committee. 2010. Fl. China 10: 1–642. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100000625
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Gillett, J. B. 1960. Indigofera hirsuta L. and I. astragalina DC. Kew Bull. 14: 290–295.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1454
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Pérez, A., M. Sousa Sánchez, A. M. Hanan-Alipi, F. Chiang Cabrera & P. Tenorio L. 2005. Vegetación terrestre. 65–110. In Biodivers. Tabasco. CONABIO-UNAM, México.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1030034
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Zamora Villalobos, N. 2010. Fabaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 5. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 119: 395–775.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100003899
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Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. 2008. 1–860. In O. Hokche, P. E. Berry & O. Huber Nuevo Cat. Fl. Vasc. Venezuela. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1033110
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García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. Meave del Castillo. 2011. Divers. Florist. Oaxaca 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100009052
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Indigofera hirsuta Harv.:
Venezuela (South America)
United States (North America)
French Guiana (South America)
Guyana (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Venezuela (South America)
United States (North America)
French Guiana (South America)
Guyana (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1103
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Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55: 1–584.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1033072
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Godfrey, R. K. & R. Kral. 1958. Observations on the Florida flora. Brittonia 10(4): 166–177.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/135
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Long, R. W. & O. K. Lakela. 1971. Fl. Trop. Florida i–xvii, 1–962. University of Miami Press, Coral Cables.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1506
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National Distribution
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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Physical Description
Morphology
Physical Description
Annual, Perennial, Shrubs, Herbs, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems less than 1 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or you ng twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Stem hairs hispid to villous, Stems hairs pilose or spreading, Stems with 2-branched hairs, dolabriform, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules conspicuous, Stipules setiform, subulate or acicular, Stipules persistent, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves odd pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 5-9, Leaves hairy on one or both surfaces, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescences spikes or spike-like, Inflorescence axillary, Bracts very small, absent or caducous, Flowers zygomorphic, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals clawed, Petals pinkish to rose, Banner petal ovoid or obovate, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing petals auriculate, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Keel petals auriculate, spurred, or gibbous, Keel abruptly curved, or spirally coiled, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Stamens 9-10, Stamens diadelphous, 9 united, 1 free, Filaments g labrous, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit coriaceous or becoming woody, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit inflated or turgid, Fruit internally septate between the seeds, Fruit hairy, Fruit 3-10 seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Indigofera hirsuta
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
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