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Indigofera tinctoria L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Sp. Pl.: 751 (1753)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Fabales
family
Fabaceae
genus
Indigofera
species
Indigofera tinctoria

Name

Synonyms
Anil tinctoria (L.) Kuntze
Anil tinctoria var. normalis Kuntze
Anila tinctoria (L.) Kuntze
Anila tinctoria var. normalis Kuntze
Indigofera anil subsp. orthocarpa DC.
Indigofera bergae Vatke
Indigofera hover Forssk.
Indigofera suffruticosa A.E.Gonç.
Indigofera tinctoria Blanco
Indigofera tinctoria subsp. tinctoria
Homonyms
Indigofera tinctoria L.
Indigofera tinctoria Forssk., 1775
Indigofera tinctoria Mill.
Indigofera tinctoria Chapm., 1860
Indigofera tinctoria Blanco
Indigofera tinctoria Lunan
Common names
Indian indigo in English
Indigostrauch in German
True indigo in English
dye indigo in English
indigo in Swedish
indigo in English
nanban-ai in language.
true indigo in English
True Indigo in English
Indigo in language.
Inigo in language.
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