Indigofera vallicola (Fabaceae), a new species from Yunnan, southwest China

By

Liu, Jingli
Shi-Gang, Li
Yang, Feng
Wang, Huanchong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

199

Pages

9--16

Subjects

Dry-hot valley , endemism , Indigofera rigioclada , Leguminosae , prostrate shrub

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.199.85437

 

Abstract

Indigofera vallicola (Fabaceae), a new species is described and illustrated. This plant is only found from two localities in the central Yunnan Province, southwest China. It is characterized by having the prostrate habit, usually 13–17-foliolate leaves and the relatively small (3–5 mm long) flowers. Morphological comparisons with its closest relatives, I. rigioclada, I. franchetii, I. chaetodonta, and I. henryi are also presented.