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Taxon:  Indigofera australis Willd.



Summary
Genus:
Indigofera
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Indigofereae
Nomen number:
19889
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 3(2):1235. 1802
Verified:
10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
11 (11  active, 7  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Australian Systematic Botany Society. Flora of central Australia. 1981
  2. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  3. Green, J. W. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia. 1985
  4. Harris, J. R. 1953. List of species of bacterial genus Rhizobium maintained in the type collection of C.S.I.R.O. Techn. Mem. Div. Soils C.S.I.R.O. 10/53:1-6.
  5. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  6. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
  7. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Schrire, B. D. 2011. Review of Fabaceae Indigofereae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 7 Mar.
  11. Willis, J. H. A handbook to plants in Victoria. 1970-1972
Common names
English
Australian indigo –
German
australischer Indigostrauch –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaTasmania 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
2Cultivated     
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia]
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Schrire, B. D. 2011. Review of Fabaceae Indigofereae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 7 Mar.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=19889. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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