taxonID	type	description	language	source
0555878AF24FC1471EA789E1B00BB788.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — INDIA. Maharashtra: Beed district, Sautada, Wadood Khan 539 A (holotype CAL!, Isotype CAL!). Synonym: — I. torulosa Wadood Khan in Indian For. 108: 516. 1982 non E. Meyer 1836 nec Hook. & Arn. 1838. Shrub, 50 – 90 cm high, woody; branches spreading, angular, striated, biramous hairs spreading with unequal arms. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate, 3 – 4 cm long including 6 – 10 mm long petiole; stipules ca 1.5 x 0.5 mm, narrowly triangular, grey hairy outside; stipellae absent; petiolules 1 mm long, terminal petiolule 2 – 5 mm, pubescent; leaflets 10 – 25 x 6 – 10 mm, obovate, sometimes elliptic, obtuse at base, obtuse to rounded and mucronate at apex, strigose on both surfaces, medifixed hairs adpressed with equal arms on lower surface and with unequal arms on upper surface. Racemes 1.5 – 5 cm long, sessile, axillary; rachis angular, strigose, 8 – 10 - flowered. Flowers pink or pale pink, 5 – 6 mm long; bracts ca 0.5 mm long, triangular, caducous; pedicels less than 1 mm long. Calyx scabrous, cup ca 0.5 mm long, teeth 1 – 1.5 mrn long, triangular. Standard 4.5 – 5.5 x 2 – 3 mm, ovate, mucronate, strigose on the back; wing petals 4 – 5 x 1.5 – 2 mm, glabrous; keel petals 4.5 – 5 X 1.5 – 2.5 mm, strigose outside, lateral spur ca 0.5 mm long. Staminal sheath 4 – 5 mm long; anthers ca 0.6 mm long. Ovary ca 4 mm long, sparsely hairy, 3 – 5 - ovuled; style 1.5 – 2 mm long, glabrous. Pods 10 – 35 x 1.5 – 3.5 mm, spreading, straight, subtetragonous, distinctly torulose, beak ca 1 mm long, (1 –) 2 – 5 - seeded, valves spreading hairy. Seeds 1 – 1.5 x 1 mm, subtetragonous, ellipsoid, rounded at both ends, yellowish-brown. Phenology: — Fls. August – September; Frts. September – December	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF24FC1471EA789E1B00BB788.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — INDIA: Maharashtra; endemic. Habitat: — Slopes of hills and banks of rivers between 500 – 800 m. Specimen examined: — Maharashtra: Beed Dist., Sautada, bank of Penganga river, 18 December 1979, Wadood Khan 539 B-D (BAMU); Poona Dist., Katraj, August 1956, G. S. Puri 2906 (BSI).	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF248C1451EA78A00B6A5B2D4.taxon	description	Neotype: — ‘ Ind. Or. Roxburgh 1789 ’ (Smith Herbarium, sheet 1213.16, LINN, right-hand specimen. Synonyms: —	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF248C1451EA78A00B6A5B2D4.taxon	materials_examined	Type citation: ‘ Habitat in India orientale. (v. s.) ’ Type: Klein 750, 19 Nov 1794 (B-W, photo seen)	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF248C1451EA78A00B6A5B2D4.taxon	description	Vernacular names: — Befari (Eng.), Urdawan (Hindi), Barbade, Jhunjri, Vekhariyo, Gavacha malamandi, Zungri (Mar.), Vekhariyo, Barapatulu, Boomidapu, Barapatnam, Baragadam (Tel.). Shrub, 10 – 65 cm high; stems erect, biramous hairs adpressed to spreading with unequal arms. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate, stipules 2 – 3 x 0.2 mm, narrowly triangular, pubescent outside, deciduous; leaflets 3, 10 – 25 x 5 – 10 mm, terminal slightly larger, obovate, cuneate at base, rounded to retuse and mucronate at apex, adpressed pubescent on both surfaces, gland-dotted beneath; stipellae absent; petiolules 1 – 1.5 mm long. Racemes 5 – 8 mm long, axillary, sessile, globose; bracts ca 1 mm long, narrowly triangular, caducous; pedicels ca 1 mm long. Flowers pink, 2.5 – 3 mm long. Calyx adpressed pubescent outside, cup c. 1 mm long, teeth 1 – 1.5 mm long, narrowly triangular. Standard 2.5 – 3 x 1 – 1.5 mm, elliptic to obovate, rounded to obtuse at apex, adpressed pubescent and gland-dotted on the back; wing petals 2 – 2.5 x 0.8 mm, glabrous; keel petals 2.5 – 3 x 1 mm, pubescent and gland-dotted on the back, lateral spur c. 0.3 mm long. Staminal sheath 2 – 3 mm long; anthers c. 0.5 mm long. Ovary c. 1 mm long, sparsely hairy, 1 – 2 - ovuled, tip of ovary and style covered with flask-shaped glands. Pods 3 – 5 x 3 – 3.5 mm, descending, oblong, abruptly apiculate, faintly torulose when 2 - seeded, sutures broad, extending into fringed wings, biramous hairs spreading with one arm reduced, covered with glands at the tip, dehiscent, 1 – 2 - seeded. Seeds c. 2 x 2 mm, spherical, smooth, dark-brown, sometimes mottled. Phenology: — Fls. July – October; Frts. September – November	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF248C1451EA78A00B6A5B2D4.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — INDIA: Throughout plains of India and Andaman & Nicobar Islands; INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, AUSTRALIA. Habitat: — Cultivated fields as a weed, fallow lands, roadsides from sea level to 1200 m. Specimen examined: — Andaman & Nicobar Islands: Port Blair, Corbyn’s cove, 31 October 1973, N. P. Balakrishnan 550 (CAL, PBL); Andhra Pradesh: Godavari Dist., Opposite Ippur, 11 December 1902, C. A. Barber 5314; Hyderabad Dist., Osmania Univ. Campus, 21 October 1971, B. K. Vijay Kumar 620 (CAL); Kothajupudi, 18 November 1955, P. C. Nanda 174 (CAL); Kurnool Dist., Veldurlly, 1 December 1983, R. R. V. Raju 1750 (CAL); Adilabad Dist., way to Dcrunsilodhi, 23 September 1985, T. Ravishankar 83144 (MH); Anantapur Dist., Thummallapalli Uranium mining area, 6 December 2012, Chauhan & Pandey 5089 (DUH); Karnataka: Shimoga, 2000 – 3000 ft., October 1908, A. Meebold 9664; Madhya Pradesh: Near Hoshingabad, 300 m, 28 September 1960, J. Joseph 11040; Zalimpur, near Banda, 500 m, 30 October 1960, N. P. Balakrishnan 11362 (MH); Mangalkanj, 500 m, 21 August 1962, J. Joseph 14493 (MH); Maharashtra: Poona Dist., Dahe, near Wada, E. Wada range, 11 September 1963, K. V. Billore 116646 (CAL); Rajasthan: Jhalawar, 21 September 1964, Wadhwa & Verma 7544 (CAL); Bhilwara, Parvatipur, 25 September 1978, A. N. Singh 6576 (CAL); Tamil Nadu: Madras, Huruviur, January 1885, J. S. Gamble 15879 (CAL); Ramanathapuram Dist., Perunazhi, 75 m, 22 February 1988, V. Balasubramaniam 1625 (MH); Ramanathapuram Dist., Perunazhi, 75 m, 14 January 1989, V. Balasubramaniam 2069 (MH); Madurai Dist., Chengapadai, Thirumangalam, 240 m, 5 December 1985, K. Ravikumar 2650 (CAL, MH); Tirunelveli Dist., Sengaltheri Forest rest house slopes, 20 December 1980, E. Vajravelu 76405 (MH); Uttarakhand: Dehradun, near range office, New forest, 25 October 1970, Ram Dayal 2177 Chr. No.: — 2 n = 16 (Bhatt 1974); n = 8 (Bir & Kumari 1973). Note: Wilson & Rowe (2008) neotypified I. glandulosa. Wendland’s type of Indigofera glandulosa has not been located. De Kort & Thijsse (1984) cite the type as ‘ Herb. Wendland (Hannover, destroyed) ’ but Stafleu and Cowan (1988) indicate that Wendland’s types are at Göttingen (GOET) but the type of this taxon was not found in that herbarium (Jochen Heinrichs pers. comm. 2007). De Kort and Thijsse (1984: 120) suggest that Wendland’s type may have been a duplicate of the collection used by Willdenow when he later published the same name. These authors say ‘ Willdenow referred to Roxburgh, who wrote this name on the herbarium label’ but this is not quite correct. Willdenow attributed the name to Roxburgh but the specimen itself was collected by Johann Gottfried Klein (an associate of Roxburgh’s) in November 1794. Furthermore, judging from Willdenow’s annotation, this specimen appears only to have reached Europe in 1802. Wilson & Rowe (2008) found that Roxburgh specimen in the Smith Herbarium (at LINN) is dated 1789 and is more likely to represent a duplicate of material Wendland may have seen. This seems a plausible scenario, but the uncertainties surrounding typification of this taxon have led to choose one element on the sheet at LINN as neotype rather than as lectotype.	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF24AC1451EA78D80B652B13E.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — INDIA. Maharashtra: Poona, Herb. Griffith 1454, 6 October 1826 (holotype K!). Synonyms: — I. glandulosa Roxb. ex Willd. var. sykesii Baker ex V. Kumar & Ramayya in Curr. Sci. 52: 429. 1983 ‘ sykessi’. I. monosperma Blatt. in Jour. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 24: 341. 1930. Differs from var. glandulosa in having 1 - seeded pods, very rarely when 2 - seeded, pods are globose with one end of seeds truncate. Phenology: — Fls. & Frts. Similar to var. glandulosa.	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF24AC1451EA78D80B652B13E.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh; endemic. Habitat: — Agricultural fields, fallow lands, open grassy slopes of hills. Specimen examined: — Andhra Pradesh: Medak Dist., Narsapur forests Nursery, 24 September 1991, B. R. Prasad Rao 11221 (SKU); Karnataka: Belgaum Dist., 14 October 2011, Chauhan & Pandey 1442 (DUH); Madhya Pradesh: Indore Dist., Mandu, 19 September 1964, C. M. Arora 5965 (CAL, BSA); Maharashtra: Aurangabad Dist., Mahismal, 750 m, 21 September 1978, D. S. Pokle 3180; Bombay, between Labe Deali & Andheri, 25 December 1953, Kaul and Party 5936 (LWG); Satara Dist., 7 th km point from Wai to Panchgani, 24 October 1982, M. Sanjappa 9513; Poona Dist., Khuldabad, 4 November 1961, R. S. Rao 71369 (CAL); Kolhapur Dist., Kaatyani, 13 October 2011, Chauhan & Pandey 1426 (DUH); Uttar Pradesh: Mirzapur Dist., Kotwak house, 19 October 1964, G. Panigrahi 3075 (CAL) Chr. No.: — n = 8 (Sanjappa, 1983).	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF24BC15B1EA78E61B6EFB580.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — INDIA. Peninsular India: Pulney Hills, Wight 670 (holotype K!, Isotype CAL!). Synonyms: — I. vestita Baker in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 96. 1876 non Harvey 1862.	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF24BC15B1EA78E61B6EFB580.taxon	description	Phenology: — Fls. September – December; Frts. October – December	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF24BC15B1EA78E61B6EFB580.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — INDIA: Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu; endemic. Habitat: — Dry hill slopes and tops in scrub forests between 900 and 1400 m. Specimen examined: — Karnataka: Mysore Dist., Bandipur, 3000 ft., October 1910, A. Meebold 11551; Kerala: Palghat Dist., Attapady valley, Tekuponnai, 2600 ft., 21 October 1910, C. E. C. Fischer 2342; Maharashtra: Kolhapur Dist., Sutgathi, 14 October 2011, Chauhan & Pandey 1436 (DUH); Tamil Nadu: Dimbam, 3700 ft., 16 November 1905, C. E. C. Fischer 599; Coimbatore Dist., Marudhamalai on eastern slopes, 6 December 1980, M. Sanjappa 703; Coimbatore Dist., Perumalmudi, 1350 m, 19 August 1971, M. V. Viswanathan 1029 (MH); Coimbatore Dist., Maruthamalai, 750 m, 27 October 1971, M. V. Viswanathan 1075 (MH); Nilgiri Dist., Keil Kundah-Pegumbu Halla, 1450 m, 17 February 1973, E. Vajravelu 43614 (MH); Nilgiri Dist., Ebanad, Koil hill, 1850 m, 11 September 1970, G. V. Subba Rao 36639 (MH); Nilgiri Dist., Kannalti, 15 November 2011, Chauhan 1465 (DUH). Chr. No.: — 2 n = 16 (Sanjappa & Dasgupta 1983).	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF254C1591EA78D41B155B750.taxon	description	Lectotype selected here.: — INDIA. Nilghirries, Wight 868 (Barcode E 00174410) (holotype E!, Isotype NYBG!, GZU!). Synonym: — I. trifoliata auct. non Linn. 1756: Haung & Ohashi in Li et al., Fl. Taiwan 3: 309. 1977. Herb, 25 – 35 cm high; branches slender, trailing, sometimes erect, woody, biramous hairs, brown, adpressed with equal arms, gland-dotted on younger parts. Leaves digitately trifoliolate, 1.5 – 3 cm long including 5 – 8 mm long petioles; petioles pubescent, sparsely gland-dotted; stipellae c. 1 mm long; petiolules c. 1 mm long; leaflets 12 – 25 x 5 – 10 mm, obovate, sometimes lanceolate to elliptic, obtuse at base, obtuse to acute and mucronate at apex, sparsely adpressed pubescent on both surfaces, copiously brown gland-dotted beneath. Racemes 1 – 2.5 cm long including c. 5 mm long peduncle, axillary, corymbose; rachis hairy, gland-dotted. Flowers brick-red, c. 5 mm long; bracts 1 – 1.3 x 0.5 mm, narrowly triangular, persistent; pedicels 5 – 8 mm long, pubescent and gland-dotted. Calyx adpressed pubescent, copiously brown gland-dotted outside, cup c. 0.5 mm long, pubescent, teeth c. 1 – 1.5 x 0.5 mm, narrowly triangular. Standard 4 – 4.5 x 3 – 3.5 mm, ovate-orbicular, adpressed brown pubescent and gland-dotted on the back; wing petals c. 4 x 1.5 mm, glabrous; keel petals 4 – 4.5 x 2 – 2.5 mm, brown pubescent and copiously gland-dotted outside; lateral spur 0.8 – 1 mm long. Staminal sheath c. 4.5 mm long, anthers c. 0.5 mm long. Ovary 1 – 1.5 mm long, linear, glabrous or with a few hairs; style c. 2 mm long, copiously beset with glands. Pods 15 – 25 x 2 – 3 mm, spreading, linear, subcylindric, shortly apiculate, sparsely pubescent, beset with glands towards the tip; 5 – 6 - seeded. Seeds c. 1.5 x 1 mm, rectangular, rounded at both ends, smooth, reddish-brown. Phenology: — Fls. July – October; Frts. September – November	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF254C1591EA78D41B155B750.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — INDIA: Tamil Nadu and Kerala hill tops; TAIWAN (Pingtung). Habitat: — Grasslands, as an undergrowth on exposed hill slopes between 750 and 2500 m. Specimen examined: — Kerala: Idukki Dist., Dhanasvalley, P. Bhargavan 90988 (MH); Kottayam Dist., Umaiya Malai-Devicolam, 2125 m, 6 August 1967, B. V. Shetty 28327 (MH); Tamil Nadu: Salem Dist.; Shevaroy hills, 1470 m, 17 August 1965, A. V. N. Rao 26922; Nilgiris, Kolakambri, 1900 m, September 1835, J. S. Gamble 16830; Kodaikanal, 750 m, 28 October 1956, P. C. Nanda 686; Madurai Dist., High wavy mountains, May 1917, E. Blatter 279 (BLAT); Madras, Amphills down, 800 ft, 16 July 1912, Rev. St. Munch 25 (CAL); Pykarah Nilgiris, 7000 ft, July 1910, A. Meeblod 11564 (CAL); Madurai Dist., Maharaja Mettu Peak, Machi hills, 1600 m, 16 February 1986, K. Ravikumar 3122 (CAL); Madras, High range, Travancore, R. D. Anstead 83432 (MH); Nilgiri Dist., Parson’s Valley-Ooty, 2125 m, 10 July 1970, J. L. Ellis 34606 (MH); Nilgiri Dist., Pykara Swamp, 7000 ft, 12 September 1930, V. Narayanaswami 4214 (MH); Wadwa Dist., High wavy mountains, 4600 ft, 10 September 1925, K. C. Jacob 17679 (MH); Nilgiri Dist., Eband-Koil Betta slopes, 1725 m, 10 September 1970, G. V. Subba Rao 36620 (MH). Chr. No.: — n = 8 (Sanjappa & Dasgupta 1983). Note: — There are more than one sheet named Wight 868, as the collection no. 868 is actually the catalogue no. designated by Wight in his herbarium. So, we have selected one sheet as the lectotype with specific barcode.	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF256C1581EA78801B599B2B8.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — Ind. Or., Herb. Willdenow- 13888 (B-WILLD, photo!). Herb, up to 30 cm high; roots much branched, covered with nodules; branches slender, prostrate to ascending, biramous hairs grey adpressed with equal arms. Leaves digitately trifoliolate; stipules c. 1.5 x 1 mm, narrowly triangular, adherent at base; petioles 5 – 8 mm long, canaliculate above, pubescent; stipellae absent; petiolules c. 1 mm long; leaflets 10 – 18 x 5 – 9.5 mm, obovate or oblanceolate, sometimes elliptic, adpressed pubescent on both surfaces, brown gland-dotted beneath. Racemes 3 – 5 mm long, axillary, sessile, globose; rachis pubescent, gland-dotted, 4 – 10 - flowered. Flowers pink, c. 3 mm long; bracts ca 1 mm, triangular, caducous; pedicels c. 1 mm long. Calyx adpressed pubescent outside, cup c. 0.5 mm long, teeth c. 1.5 mm long, narrowly triangular. Standard c. 3 x 2 mm, elliptic, sometimes obovate, adpressed hairy and copiously gland-dotted on the back; wing petals c. 2.5 x 1 mm, glabrous; keel petals c. 2.5 x 1.5 mm, adpressed hairy and copiously gland-dotted on the back, lateral spur c. 0.8 mm long. Staminal sheath c. 2.5 mm long; anthers c. 0.5 mm long. Ovary c. 2 mm long, linear, glabrous, up to 8 - ovuled; style c. 1 mm long, glabrous, beset with glands at the base. Pods 15 – 20 x 1 – 1.5 mm, descending, straight, filiform, subcylindric, torulose, shortly apiculate, 5 – 8 - seeded, sutures obscurely winged, sparsely adpressed pubescent and glanduliferous towards the tip. Seeds 1 – 1.5 x 0.8 mm, rounded al both ends, shiny, brown. Phenology: — Fls. August – January; Frts. September – January	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF256C1581EA78801B599B2B8.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu; endemic. Habitat: — Cultivated fields, wastelands, grasslands between 50 and 1300 m. Specimen examined: — Andhra Pradesh: Kurnool Dist., Nallamalais, way to Velgode, 650 m, 27 October 1964, J. L. Ellis 22225 (BSI); Goa: Agnidev Island, 24 September 1965, J. Cherian 106629; Waddem, 18 October 2011, Chauhan & Pandey 1452 (DUH); Himachal Pradesh: Urla to Drang, 1978 m, 26 August 1977, S. K. Murti & R. Prasad 62064; Sundernagar, 1000 m, 29 August 1977, S. K. Murti & R. Prasad 62187; Sirmaur Dist., Kakog, 15 September 2012, Chauhan & Pandey 5035 (DUH); Karnataka: Uttara Kannada Dist. (‘ North Canara’ Dist.,), Yellapur, 30 October 1882, W. A. Talbot 31; Belgaum Dist., Ukkad forest, 27 October 1970, B. K. Vijay Kumar 1287 (MH); Kerala: Palghat Dist., Mukkali forest, 200 m, 18 October 1965, E. Vajravelu 26291; Madhya Pradesh: Panchmarhi, 1000 m, September 1975, Santosh Verma s. n.; Maharashtra: Satara Dist., Wai to Panchgani Road, between 7 th and 8 th Km point, 24 October 1982, M. Sanjappa 9518; Kolhapur Dist., Konkan, 12 October 2011, Chauhan & Pandey 1423 (DUH); Kolhapur Dist., Borebat, 12 October 2011, Chauhan & Pandey 1421 (DUH); Orissa: Sundargarh Dist., Mandira crop field, 14 September 1988, A. Mukherjee & D. Namhata MN 3853; Tamil Nadu: Ramnathapuram Dist., Pranmalai, Thiruppathur, 225 m, 29 November 1977, N. C. Nair 52913 (CAL); Coimbatote Dist., Hill top of Madukkarai, 450 m, 26 September 1962, C. P. Sreemadhavan CPS 190 (MH); Coimbatore Dist., Mount Stouert, 600 m, 27 October 1961, J. Joseph 13348 (MH).	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF257C1581EA78C61B79DBE78.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — INDIA. Maharashtra: Pune Dist., Vazirghad-Purandhar, H. Santapau 11397, 9 October 1950 (holotype BLAT!, Paratype: H. Santapau 5339, H. Santapau 7174, BLAT!). Herb, 15 – 35 cm high; branches slender, reddish, biramous hairs adpressed with short, equal arms. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate; stipules 2.5 – 3 x 1 mm, narrowly triangular, hairy; petioles 1 – 2 cm long, somewhat canaliculate above, hairy; stipullae absent; petiolules c. 2 mm long, hairy; leaflets 2.5 – 4 x 1.2 – 1.8 cm, obovate to obovate-oblong, cuneate at base rounded and mucronate at apex, sparsely adpressed pubescent on both surfaces, sparsely brown gland-dotted beneath. Racemes 4 – 8 mm long, axillary, sessile; rachis pubescent, 6 – 12 - flowered. Flowers solomon red, c. 5 mm long; bracts c. 1 x 0.4 mm, triangular, caducous; pedicels 1 – 1.5 mm long. Calyx adpressed pubescent and gland-dotted outside, cup c. 0.5 mm long, teeth c. 1.5 mm long, narrowly triangular. Standard c. 4 x 2.5 mm, obovate, mucronate, adpressed strigose and gland-dotted on the back; wing petals c. 2.5 x 1 mm, glabrous; keel petals 4 x 1.5 mm, adpressed strigose and gland-dotted outside, lateral spur c. 0.6 mm long. Staminal sheath 3 – 3.5 mm long; anthers c. 0.5 mm long. Ovary 1.5 – 2 mm long, sparsely hairy, 4 - ovuled; style 1 – 1.5 mm long, glabrous, beset with glands at base. Pods 10 – 20 x 2.5 – 3 mm, deflexed, straight, subcylindric, shallowly constricted between seeds, shortly apiculate, biramous hairs densely spreading with unequal arms, beset with glands towards the tip, 4 - seeded; sutures obscurely winged. Seeds c. 1.5 x 1 mm, rounded at ends, smooth, shiny, reddish-brown. Phenology: — Fls. August – October; Frts. September – November	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF257C1581EA78C61B79DBE78.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — INDIA: Maharashtra; endemic. Habitat: — Exposed hill slopes at an altitude of c. 1500 m. Specimen examined: — So far known by type collections only.	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF250C15F1EA789E1B096B5EC.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — INDIA. Uttar Pradesh: Bharaich Dist., Nishanagara, near Forest Rest House, H. Pirson 1412, 11 September 1956 (holotype BLAT!, Isotype CAL!). Shrub, 40 – 60 cm high; branches erect, striate, pubescent hairs adpressed with equal arms. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate, 3 – 5.5 cm long; stipules 1 – 2 x 0.5 – 1 mm, narrowly triangular, pubescent outside; petioles 1 – 2 cm long, canaliculate above, pubescent; stipellae 1 – 1.5 mm long, triangular, persistent; rachis produced up to 6 mm beyond lateral leaflets; leaflets 20 – 25 x 8 – 18 mm, obovate to obovate-oblong, cuneate to obtuse at base, rounded and mucronate at apex, sparsely adpressed pubescent and brown above, somewhat densely so and pale brown beneath. Racemes 5 – 10 mm long, axillary, sessile, globose, 6 – 8 - flowered. Flowers yellowish-pink, c. 4 mm long; bracts c. 1.5 x 0.5 mm, narrowly triangular, caducous; pedicels c. 1 mm long, hairy. Calyx adpressed puberulous outside, cup c. 0.5 mm long, teeth c. 1.5 x 0.5 mm, narrowly triangular. Standard c. 3.5 x 2.5 mm long, ovate, obtuse and mucronate at apex, sparsely puberulous on the back; wing petals c. 3 x 1 mm, glabrous; keel petals c. 3.5 x 1.5 – 2 mm, puberulous outside, lateral spur c. 0.5 mm long. Staminal sheath 3 – 4 mm long; anthers c. 0.6 mm long. Ovary 2.5 – 3 mm long, linear, hairy on the dorsal side, up to 8 - ovuled; style 1 – 15 mm long, glabrous. Pods 18 – 25 x 1.5 – 3 mm, pendant along side rachis, linear, subcylindrical, apiculate, slightly curved at apex, densely short adpressed white pubescent, gland-dotted when young towards the tip; sutures narrow, obscurely winged, 6 – 8 - sceded; endocarp spotted. Seeds c. 2 x 1 mm, cylindric, truncate at ends, smooth or obscurely foveolate. Phenology: — Fls. & Frts. September – November	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF250C15F1EA789E1B096B5EC.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — INDIA: Assam and Uttar Pradesh; endemic. Specimen examined: — (In addition to type collections) Upper Assam, Jenkins 47 (K).	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF250C15F1EA78AA1B655B1E0.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — INDIA. Tamil Nadu: Tirunelveli Dist., along the road side between Kalkad and Sengalteri, 300 m, M. Sanjappa 717 A, December 18, 1980, (holotype CAL!, Isotype 717 B-C, CAL!). Annual herb, 30 – 60 cm high; branches erect, biramous hairs adpressed wirh equal arms. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate 3.5 – 4 cm long; stipules 0.8 – 1.2 x 0.5 mm, narrowly triangular, adpressed hairy; petioles 1 – 1.3 cm long, slender, canaliculate above, pubescent; stipellae absent; petiolules c. 1 mm long, pubescent; leaflets (10 –) 15 – 20 (– 25) x (5 –) 10 – 15 mm, obovate to narrowly elliptic, cuneate to obtuse at base, rounded and mucronate at apex, biramous hairs adpressed with equal arms on both surfaces, brown punctate gland-dotted beneath. Racemes 5 – 10 mm long, axillary, sessile; rachis hairy and brown gland-dotted, up to 20 - flowered. Flowers pinkish, c. 5 ram long; bracts 1 – 1.5 x 0.5 mm, ovate, acute, hairy outside, caducous; pedicels c. 1 mm long, hairy, gland-dotted. Calyx adpressed hairy and densely brown gland-dotted outside, cup c. 0.5 mm long, teeth 1 – 1.5 x 0.5 mm, narrowly triangular. Standard 4 – 5 x 1.5 – 2.5 mm, narrowly elliptic, sometimes obovate, mucronate, adpressed strigose and gland-dotted on the back; wing petals 3 – 4.5 x 1 – 1.5 mm, glabrous; keel petals 3.5 – 4.5 x 1.5 – 2 mm, adpressed strigose and gland-dotted outside, lateral spur 1 – 1.5 mm long. Staminal sheath 3.5 – 4 mm long, anthers c. 0.5 mm long. Ovary 1 – 1.5 mm long, glabrous, 1 – 2 - ovuled; style c. 1.5 mm long, glabrous, glandular towards base. Pods 3 – 6 x 2 – 2.5 mm, oblong, flattened, sharply beaked, faintly torulose, 1 – 2 - seeded; upper suture broad; valves prominently veined, adpressed hairy, glandular. Seeds c. 1 x 1 mm, ellipsoid, rounded at on or both ends, reddish-brown, smooth. Phenology: — Fls. October – December; Frts. November – March.	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF250C15F1EA78AA1B655B1E0.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — INDIA: Tamil Nadu (Tirunelveli and Ramanathapuram Dists.); endemic. Habitat: — Road sides, disturbed and exposed areas in deciduous forests between 300 and 450 m. Specimen examined: — Tamil Nadu: Tirunelveli Dist., Kalkad to Sengalteri, 1000 ft., February 1913, Hooper & Ramaswami 39230; near Tiger Falls, on way to Mancholai, 333 m, 4 March 1959, K. M. Sebastine 5520 (CAL, MH); locality? R. Wight s. n. (Kew Distrib. no. 651); Ramanathapuram Dist., Pattanamkathan, 50 m, 24 February 1988, V. Balasubramaniam 1673 (MH). Chr. No.: — n = 8 (Sanjappa 1983).	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF251C15E1EA788E0B4CCB1DA.taxon	description	Lectotype: — INDIA. Herb. Linnaeus 923.3 (LINN!). Designated by: Sanjappa in Turland & Jarvis (ed.), Taxon 46: 474 (1997) Synonyms: — Anila trifoliata (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 940. 1891. I. multicaulis DC., Prodr. 2: 223.1825. I. trifoliata Linn, var. multicaulis (DC.) Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, 1: 313.1855; I. peregrina DC., 2: 224.1825 Lotus peregrinus auct. non Linn. 1753: Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 173.1768. I. moluccana DC., Prodr. 2: 223. 1825. Vernacular names: — Ratimethi (Guj.), Janglimeti (Hindi), Diwalee, Lalmeti (Mar.), Baragadamu (Tel.). Annual herb or subshrub, 20 – 75 cm high; branches erect or ascending, biramous hairs adpressed with both equally and unequal arms. Leaves digitately trifoliate; stipules 1 – 1.2 mm long, narrowly triangular, adnate to petiole, hairy outside; petioles 8 – 12 mm long, canaliculate above, hairy; stipeliae absent; petiolules 1 – 1.5 mm long, terminal petiolule c. 2 mm long; leafets 10 – 30 x 8 – 12 mm, obovate to obovate-oblong, sometimes linear, cuneate to obtuse at base, rounded to obtuse, sometimes emarginate at apex, biramous hairs slender, with unequal arms above, stout with equal arms beneath, brownish-orange gland-dotted beneath, Racemes 5 – 8 mm long, globose or slightly elongated; rachis pubescent, 6 – 20 - flowered. Flowers pink or red, c. 5 – 6 mm long; bracts c. 0.6 mm long, hairy outside, caducous; pedicels c. 1 mm long, hairy. Calyx adpressed pubescent outside, Cup 0.8 – 1.2 mm long, teeth 1 – 2.5 x 0.5 – 1 mm, narrowly triangular. Standard 4 – 6 x 3 – 5 mm, obovate, sometimes elliptic to somewhat orbicular, densely brown hairy and gland-dotted on the back; wing petals 3.5 – 5 x 1.2 mm, glabrous, ciliate along margins; keel petals 3.5 – 5.5 x 2 – 3 mm, densely brown hairy and gland-dotted outside, lateral spur 1 – 1.6 mm long. Staminal sheath 3.5 – 5 mm long, linear, glabrous or with few hairs on dorsal side, covered with glands towards tip, up to 7 - ovuled; style 2 – 4 mm long, glabrous, glandular. Pods 10 – 20 x 2 – 4 mm, descending linear, tetragonous, apiculate, 5 – 7 - seeded; sutures broadly winged (1 – 2.5 mm broad), sparsely adpressed white pubescent; endocarp smooth. Seeds 1 – 2 x 1 – 1.5 mm, ellipsoid, rounded, shiny, reddish-brown, sometimes mottled. Phenology: — Fls. August – December; Frts. October – February	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF251C15E1EA788E0B4CCB1DA.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — INDIA: Throughout; SRI LANKA, PAKISTAN, NEPAL, BHUTAN, BANGLADESH, MYANMAR, CHINA, THAILAND, VIETNAM, TAIWAN, MALESIA, NEW GUINEA, AUSTRALIA. Habitat: — Road sides, cultivated fields, fallow lands, river banks and beds and hill slopes up to 1800 m. Specimen examined: — Andhra Pradesh: Kurnool Dist., Nallamalais, Sunnipenta colony, 450 m., 21 October 1964, J. L. Ellis 22123 (BSI); Ranga Reddy Dist., Hyderabad, Osmania University Campus, 15 September 1971, B. K. Vijayakumar 613; Karnataka: Shimoga, 2 – 300 m, October 1908, A. Meebold 9663; Maharashtra: Aurangabad Dist., Chowk, in cultivated fields, 21 October 1982, M. Sanjappa 9507 (CAL); Aurangabad Dist., Chowka, 21 October 1982, M. Sanjappa 9507; Poona Dist., Vaikunthamenta, 10 September 1985, J. Tosh 865; Poona Dist., 4 August 2013, J. S. Jalal 5002; Rajasthan: Bhilwar, on way to Bijolia, 30 September 1978, A. N. Singh 6071; Tamil Nadu: Ramanathapuram Dist., Sarthakoil, Devathanam, 400 m, 11 December 1983, S. R. Srinivasan 79744 (MH); North Arcot Dist., On the way to Jamnamarathur, Jawadi hills, 640 m, 14 November 1985, M. B. Viswanathan 905 (MH). Chr. No.: — 2 n = 16 (Bhatt & Sanjappa 1975); n = 8 (Bir & Kumari 1973). Pollen: — 3 - zonocolporate, oblate-spheroidal, 35 x 31 (34 – 36 x 24 – 38) μm, granulate (Vishnu-Mittre & Sharma 1962).	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF253C15C1EA789E0B77BB556.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — INDIA. Maharashtra: 16 km North of Osmanabad, Ramling forest, 16 October 1966, V. N. Naik 1319 (holotype BSI!). Synonym: — I. duthiei Drumm. ex Naik in Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 61: 227. 1970. Differs from var. trifoliata in having 1 – 4 - seeded and narrowly winged pods. Phenology: — Fls. August – October; Frts. October – December	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF253C15C1EA789E0B77BB556.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — INDIA: Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra; endemic. Habitat: — Cultivated fields (as a weed), fallow lands, wastelands and road sides. Specimen examined: — Madhya Pradesh: Betul Dist., Chinchoda, 28 January 1891, J. F. Duthie 10354; Maharashtra: Chanda Dist., Silori, 1 December 1889, J. F. Duthie 9422; Aurangabad Dist., Khuldabad, 4 November 1961, R. S. Rao 71367 (CAL, BSI); Mhaismal, 750 m, 21 September 1978, D. S. Pokle 3177 (Herb., Bot. Dept., Marathawada Univ., Aurangabad, Maharashtra); Poona Dist., Sakhar, 2500 ft., 10 October 1954, V. D. Vartak 154; Poona Dist., Sinhagad Hills, Donja, 2800 ft, 12 December 1956, V. D. Vartak 7557; Poona Dist., Purandhar, 4000 ft, 20 November 1957, V. D. Vartak 11600; Latur, 26 October 1984, J. Tosh 545; Kolhapur Dist., Girgaon, 13 October 2011, Chauhan & Pandey 1429 (DUH). Chr. No.: — 2 n = 16 sub I. duthiei (Sanjappa & Bhatt 1976).	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF253C1521EA78DE0B6EEB094.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — INDIA. Herb. Linnaeus 923.9 (LINN!). Synonyms: — Anila trita (L. f.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 940. 1841. I. hedysaroides Lam., Encycl. 3: 250. 1789. I. canescens Lam., Encycl. 3: 251.1789. I. cinerea Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 1225.1802. I. arcuata Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 1228.1802. I. rigida Willd., Enum. Hort. Berol. 2: 780.1809. I. leschenaultii DC., Prodr. 2: 223.1825. I. timoriensis DC. Prodr. 2: 223. 1825. I. armata Wall. Cat. 5453. I. argentea Wall. Cat. 5455. I. ternata Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. 204. 1834 in herb. Smith (1789). Vernacular names: — Vikharia (Guj.), Tore menti (Kan.), Kandaram, Punalmurangi, Saubanjam (Tam.), Nakanaru, Verri neeli (Tel.). Erect, woody herb or shrublet, 30 – 200 cm high; branches erect to horizontal, pinkish to light green, coarsely strigose, biramous hairs, short, white adpressed with equal arms. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate; stipules 1 – 2 x 0.3 – 0.5 mm, narrowly triangular, hairy outside; petioles 1 – 2.5 cm long, canaliculate above, hairy; rachis 5 – 12 mm long; stipellae absent; petiolules 1 – 1.5 mm long; leaflets 3, very rarely 5, opposite, (8 –) 10 – 35 (– 45) x (5 –) 8 – 20 (– 30) mm, elliptic sometimes obovate, obtuse to cuneate or rounded at base, obtuse to rounded or sometimes emarginate and mucronate at apex, adpressed pubescent on both surfaces, sometimes glabrous above especially when the leaflets are small. Racemes 1.5 – 4.5 mm long, sessile, axillary; rachis striate, adpressed strigose, 15 – 30 - flowered, flowers always sterile towards tip. Flowers pink to brick red, 4 – 5 mm long; bracts 1 – 1.5 mm long, narrowly triangular, caducous; pedicels up to 1.2 mm long. Calyx adpressed white pubescent, cup 0.5 – 1 mm long, teeth 1 – 1.5 x 0.5 mm, narrowly triangular. Standard 3.5 – 4.5 x 3 – 4 mm, orbicular, sometimes broadly obovate, rounded and mucronate at apex, adpressed strigose on the back; wing petals 3 – 4 x 1 mm, glabrous, ciliate along margins; keel petals 3 – 4 x 1 – 1.5 mm, adpressed strigose outside towards the tip, ciliate along margins, lateral spur c. 0.6 mm long. Staminal sheath 3 – 4 mm long; anthers c. 0.5 mm long. Ovary ca 3 mm long, linear, glabrous, up to 10 - ovuled; style 1 – 1.5 mm long, glabrous. Pods 15 – 30 x 1.5 – 2.5 mm, deflexed to spreading (perpendicular to the axis), straight, subtetragonous, sharply beaked, strigose, ash-grey to pinkish, 6 – l 0 - seeded. Seeds c. 2 x 1.5 mm, subtetragonous, yellow, dark-brown, smooth. Phenology: — Fls. & Frts. Almost throughout the year.	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF253C1521EA78DE0B6EEB094.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — INDIA: Throughout; PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA, BANGLADESH, MYANMAR, MALESIA, AUSTRALIA, WEST ASIA. Habitat: — Dry wastelands, road sides, scrub forests sea level to 200 m. Specimen examined: — Andhra Pradesh: Cuddapah, 400 ft., February 1883, J. S. Gamble 11202; Khammam Dist., Kunavaram forest, 250 m, 19 November 1993, R. Chandrasekaran 98788 (MH); West Godavari Dist., Gobana palam, 25 January 1958, K. Subramanyam 5145 (MH); Kurnool Dist., Chelama, 340 m, 7 December 1963, J. L. Ellis 17964 (MH); Anantapur Dist., Yadiki R. F., 250 m, 13 November 1982, T. Pullaiah & N. Y. Sada 115 (MH); Hyderabad Dist., Women’s College, 16 August 1970, B. K. Vijay Kumar 1265 (MH); Adilabad Dist., Ontimamidi, sanse Avadi pesavura, 18 September 1985, T. Ravishankar 83106 (MH); Kurnool Dist., Krishnanandi, 330 m, J. L. Ellis 42314 (MH); Warangal Dist., Pakhal R. F., 290 m, 26 November 1960, K. M. Sebastine 11603 (MH); Kurnool Dist., Mahanandi, 4 December 2012, Chauhan & Pandey 5080 (DUH); Gujarat: Vadodara, Dangs forests, 10 September 1975, M. Sanjappa 512 (CAL); Vadodara, Gir forests, 11 September 1975, M. Sanjappa 514 (CAL); Chhodia chhella river, 3 December 1979, L. J. G. van der Maesen 3914 (CAL); Kerala: Travancore, Makara, 5 September 1913, M. Rama Rao 1627; Madhya Pradesh: Indore Dist., Mhow, Choral, 27 August 1864, CM. Arora 5590; Rewa Dist., Rewa, near Goghavari river, 400 m, 15 September 1959, K. M. Sebastine 8786 (MH); Rewa Dist., Beside river Kutlai-Rewa town, 500 m, 11 February 1959, K. M. Sebastine 7705 (MH); West Nimar, November 2004, Surendra Singh 105684 (BSD); Maharashtra: Thane Dist., near Kelvadi, 1 November 1968, K. V. Billore 115444; Poona Dist., Vakimada-Umapdeodava, Pimprani, 17 October 1966, R. D. Pataskar 110181 (CAL); Poona Dist., Pashan, 29 September 1955, V. D. Vartak 1317; Satara Dist., Kudali, 2600 ft, 19 October 1955, V. D. Vartak 1674; Poona Dist., Nasrapur, 1 November 1957, V. D. Vartak 11080; Rajasthan: Bhilwara Dist., on way to Bijola, 1 October 1978, A. N. Singh 6099; Indore Dist., Balaria hills, Jawar mines, 8 December 1983, N. C. Aery 47; Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore Dist., cultivated fields at the foot hills of Kuradimalai, 7 December 1980, M. Sanjappa 711; South Arcot Dist., Chidambaram taluk, 5 October 1978, P. Perumal 17990 (CAL); Ramanathapuram Dist., Sanjeevimalai, Rajapalayam, 275 m, 26 February 1979, N. C. Nair 61472 (CAL); Ramanathapuram Dist., Manamadurai, 125 m, 26 June 1978, N. C. Nair 57467 (CAL); Salem Dist., Pennagaram, 350 m, 25 July 1964, E. Vajravelu 20753 (CAL); Coimbatore Dist., Tamil Nadu Agricultural university campus, 9 November 2011, Chauhan 1455 (DUH); Madurai Dist., Megamalai hills, 20 November 2011, Chauhan 1478 (DUH); Uttar Pradesh: Hamirpur, 3 April 1962, U. C. Bhattacharyya 21050 (BSD); Mirzapur, 17 September 1961, U. C. Bhattacharyya 17511; Banda, 11 November 1957, M. A. Rau 3661; Mirzapur, Kutur, 10 February 1961, U. C. Bhattacharyya 13639 (BSD). Chr. No.: — 2 n = 16 (Frahm-Leliveld 1960); n = 8 (Sareen & Singh 1975). Pollen: — 3 - zonocolporate, sphaeroidal rarely subprolate, 21 x 24 μm, (PKK Nair 1965). Notes: — Ali (1958) based on statistical analysis of 3 common and variable characters in I. trita and its closely related I. subulata grouped them into 5 taxa i. e. 2 subspecies viz., trita and subulata with 4 varieties viz., trita, maffeii (Chiov.) Ali (under subsp. trita), subulata (Vahl ex Poiret) Ali and scabra (Roth) Ali (under subsp. subulata). These subspecies were subsequently merged (Gillett, op. cit. and Ali, op. cit.) and recognized only varieties under I. trita. De Kort & Thijsse (1984) resurrected both the subspecies proposed by Ali and added a third one by elevating var. scabra (Roth) Ali to the subspecies status. They did not recognize any variety under them. Recently, Sanjappa (1984) merged all the subspecies based on a statistical analysis of three characters viz., length of the inflorescence, number of leaflets and condition of the pods (as suggested by Ali op. cit.) and recognized 5 varieties viz., trita, maffeii, marginulata, purandharensis and scabra for Indian region which is followed here. The variety trita shows variations in height of the plants, size of the leaflets and pods. The plants growing in arid localities and coastal areas exhibit stunted growth, reduced size of leaflets often with glabrous upper surface, with only 2 – 4 pods per peduncle developing from basal flowers and often the rachis tip become hard and spiny.	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF25DC1511EA78FA0B72EB1B4.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — SOMALIA. Genale, Pollacci & Maffei 124 (FT). Synonyms: — I. maffeii Chiov. in Att. Ist. Bot. Pavia ser. 4, 7: 128. t. 5.1936. I. subulata Vahl ex Poiret var. maffeii (Chiov.) I. oreophila Santapau & Panthaki in Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 54: 221.1956; I. trita Linn. f. subsp. subulata auct. non (Vahl ex Poiret) Ali 1958;	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF25DC1511EA78FA0B72EB1B4.taxon	description	Phenology: — Fls. August – November; Frts. October – January	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF25DC1511EA78FA0B72EB1B4.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — INDIA: Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Punjab; PAKISTAN, ETHIOPIA, ERITREA, KENYA, MOZAMBIQUE, TANGANYIKA, SOMALI REPUBLIC, SUDAN, UGANDA. Habitat: — Open areas in deciduous forests, road sides, hill slopes from 30 to 100 m. Specimen examined: — Gujarat: Dangs forest, 23 October 1919, R. H. Dastur 141; Waghai to Pimpri, 23 September 1955, D. P. Panthaki 2350 (Holotype of I. oreophila Santapau & Panthaki, BLAT); Santapau 19985, 20081 (BLAT, DD). Chr. No.: — n = 8 (Sanjappa 1983 c). Pollen: — 3 - zonocolporate, suboblate, 25 x 29 (24 – 26 x 28 – 30) μm, granulate (Vishnu-Mittre & Sharma, Pollen et Spores 4: 5 – 45. 1962 sub I. oreophila Santapau & Panthaki).	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF25FC1501EA789E0B6B5B460.taxon	description	Differs from var. trita in having longer racemes and flowers, shorter, broader, compact and deflexed pods.	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF25FC1501EA789E0B6B5B460.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — INDIA. Maharashtra: Poona Dist., Purandhar, H. Santapau 11398, 9 October 1950, (holotype BLAT!). Phenology: — Fls. August – November; Frts. October – November	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
0555878AF25FC1501EA789E0B6B5B460.taxon	distribution	Distribution INDIA: Maharashtra; endemic. Habitat: — Slopes of dry hills between 800 and 900 m. Specimen examined: — Maharashtra: Poona Dist., Purandhar, September 1945, H. Santapau 8368 (BLAT); Vazirghad, 13 October 1957, H. Santapau 22021 (BLAT); 13 October 1957, G. L. Shah 9259, 9260 (BLAT); slopes of Vazirgad, 29 December 1945, H. Santapau 8326, 8327 (BLAT).	en	Chauhan, Vibha, Pandey, Arun K. (2015): A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India. Phytotaxa 220 (1): 1-29, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.1
