作 者 ：Fang Yun-Yi, Zheng Chao-Zong
期 刊 ：植物分类学报 1989年 3期
关键词：豆科木蓝属系统分类新分类群；
Keywords:China, Indigofera Linn., taxonomy, New taxa,
Abstract:
The genus Indigofera Linn. is one of the largest genera of papilionatae
of Leguminosae. It comprises 700 species in the world, of which 80 species and 8 varieties
occur in China. It was established by C. Linnaeus in 1752 and had been studied by J. Desvaux
(1813), A. P. De Candolle (1825), G. Bentham ex Harvey (1862), G. Bentham et J. D. Ho-
oker (1865), P. Taubert. (1894), P. Ch. Tisseraut (1913), and B. Gillett (1958) etc.
In the present paper, the taxonomic history is reviewed and the evolutionary trends of
some important morphological characters are discussed. According to the plant habit, cha-
racteristics of leaves, shape of fruits and the number of seeds per fruit, Indigofera Linn. from
China are divided into 3 subgenera: Subg. I. Indigofera, Subg. II. Sphaeridiophors Desv.,
Subg. III. Acanthonotus (Benth.) Benth. et Hook. f., in Subg. Indigofera, 14 subsections are
reported. A systematic key to the species is given.