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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.

Importance of phenology has increased in view of global climate change. Reproductive phenology is responsible for success in seed production and thereby perpetuation of a species. Phenological studies were not given much importance,especially in the region of Holalkere and Hosadurga of chitraduga district of Karnataka state. Hence, attempt was made to study the phenological aspects of the genus Indigofera L. of sub family papilionoideae in the study area. The phenophases viz., leafing, flowering and fruiting and leaf fall are observed for 10 recorded species of the genus Indigofera. The regular Phenological period of the majority of genus was studied,variation in the phenophases of some small herbs and undershrubs was noticed with respect to its ecology. This investigation gives phenological database of the economically important genus Indigofera of the study area. This database can be also utilized, besides this importance, in future, in planning and management of conservational measures in the region.

The Indigofera are frequently shrubs, and some are small trees or herbaceous perennials or annuals. These have pinnate leaves. Racemes of flowers grow in the leaf axils, in hues of red, but there are a few white- and yellow-flowered species. The fruit is a legume pod of varying size and shape. Botanical description schedule as; Kingdom: Plantae, (unranked): Angiosperms, (unranked): Eudicots, (unranked): Rosids, Order: Fabales, Family: Fabaceae, Subfamily: Faboideae, Tribe: Indigofereae, Genus: Indigofera. 1620 plant name records match your search criteria Indigofera. The names found have these generic epithets: as accepted in the plant list online data base. That plants were; Indigofera argentea / I. articulate, Indigofera aspalathoides Vahl. Indigofera enneaphylla Linn. Indigofera glabra Linn. Indigofera glandulosa Willd. Indigofera linifolia Retz. Indigofera pulchella Roxb. Indigofera tinctoria Linn. Indigofera trifoliata Linn. Indigofera trita Linn. Books mentioned 04 species were not latest updated Plant List Online data base which were; Indigofera caerulea Roxb. Indigofera cordifolia. Indigofera frutescens. Indigofera hirsuta. According to the Results and Discussion this research revealed that, 20 species of Indigofera genera by the evidence of books and 04 species synonyms like updated latest in online data base. However, 16 species available in the Thoothukudi District 16 species available commonly and 04 species were rarely showed in Thoothukudi District by randomly field to all soil types of areas.

Indigofera arrecta A.Rich. — Habit: Herb. Habitat: LMDF; up to 2 700 m. Distribution: I. Voucher: Mount Kenya, Alt. 2000 m, 22 Oct. 1981, Cheseny 57 (EA). References: Fries & Fries (1927b), Bussmann (1994), Agnew (2013)., Published as part of Zhou, Ya-Dong, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Hu, Guang-Wan & Wang, Qing-Feng, 2022, Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Mount Kenya, East Africa, pp. 1-108 in Phytotaxa 546 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.546.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6550464, {"references":["Fries, R. E. & Fries, T. C. E. (1927 b) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Flora des Kenia, Mt. Aberdare und Mt. Elgon. X. Notizblatt des Koniglichen Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin 10 (91): 69 - 101. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3994819","Bussmann, R. W. (1994) The forest of Mt. Kenya (Kenya): Vegetation, ecology, destruction and management of a tropical mountain forest ecosystem. Ph. D. dissertation, Universitat Bayreuth Startseite, Bayreuth, 252 pp.","Agnew, A. D. Q. (2013) Upland Kenya wild flowers and ferns, 3 rd edn. Nature Kenya Publications, Nairobi, 733 pp."]}

Indigofera swaziensis Bolus — Habit: Herb. Habitat: LMDF; up to 2 700 m. Distribution: II. Voucher: Northwest Mount Kenya, Alt. 2120– 2140 m, 6 Aug. 1978, Zogg et al. 269/4 (EA). References: Fries & Fries (1927b), Gillett et al. (1971a), Agnew (2013)., Published as part of Zhou, Ya-Dong, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Hu, Guang-Wan & Wang, Qing-Feng, 2022, Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Mount Kenya, East Africa, pp. 1-108 in Phytotaxa 546 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.546.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6550464, {"references":["Fries, R. E. & Fries, T. C. E. (1927 b) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Flora des Kenia, Mt. Aberdare und Mt. Elgon. X. Notizblatt des Koniglichen Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin 10 (91): 69 - 101. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3994819","Gillett, J. B., Polhill, R. M. & Verdcourt, B. (1971 a) Leguminosae (Part 3), subfamily Papilionoideae (Part 1). In: Milne-Readhead, E. & Polhill, R. M. (Eds.) Flora of Tropical East Africa. Crown Agents, London, 502 pp.","Agnew, A. D. Q. (2013) Upland Kenya wild flowers and ferns, 3 rd edn. Nature Kenya Publications, Nairobi, 733 pp."]}

Indigofera longibarbata Engl. — Habit: Herb. Habitat: LMWF, LMDF, BZ; up to 2 700 m. Distribution: II. Voucher: Burguret Track, Alt. 2 195 m, 29 Aug. 1972, Clarke et al. 99M (EA). Reference: Agnew (2013)., Published as part of Zhou, Ya-Dong, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Hu, Guang-Wan & Wang, Qing-Feng, 2022, Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Mount Kenya, East Africa, pp. 1-108 in Phytotaxa 546 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.546.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6550464, {"references":["Agnew, A. D. Q. (2013) Upland Kenya wild flowers and ferns, 3 rd edn. Nature Kenya Publications, Nairobi, 733 pp."]}

Indigofera atriceps subsp. kaessneri (Baker f.) J.B.Gillett — Habit: Herb. Habitat: LMDF; up to 2 400 m. Distribution: IIIa. Voucher: North Mount Kenya, Alt. 2 400 m, 6 Apr. 1979, Lavranos 17407 (EA). Reference: Agnew (2013)., Published as part of Zhou, Ya-Dong, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Hu, Guang-Wan & Wang, Qing-Feng, 2022, Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Mount Kenya, East Africa, pp. 1-108 in Phytotaxa 546 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.546.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6550464, {"references":["Agnew, A. D. Q. (2013) Upland Kenya wild flowers and ferns, 3 rd edn. Nature Kenya Publications, Nairobi, 733 pp."]}

Indigofera atriceps Hook.f. subsp. atriceps— Habit: Herb. Habitat: LMWF, LMDF, BZ, UMF, HZ; up to 3 300 m. Distribution: II. Voucher: Chogoria Track, Alt. 3 123 m, 25 Jan. 2015, SAJIT 002847 (HIB). References: Fries & Fries (1927b), Bussmann (1994), Agnew (2013)., Published as part of Zhou, Ya-Dong, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Hu, Guang-Wan & Wang, Qing-Feng, 2022, Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Mount Kenya, East Africa, pp. 1-108 in Phytotaxa 546 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.546.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6550464, {"references":["Fries, R. E. & Fries, T. C. E. (1927 b) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Flora des Kenia, Mt. Aberdare und Mt. Elgon. X. Notizblatt des Koniglichen Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin 10 (91): 69 - 101. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3994819","Bussmann, R. W. (1994) The forest of Mt. Kenya (Kenya): Vegetation, ecology, destruction and management of a tropical mountain forest ecosystem. Ph. D. dissertation, Universitat Bayreuth Startseite, Bayreuth, 252 pp.","Agnew, A. D. Q. (2013) Upland Kenya wild flowers and ferns, 3 rd edn. Nature Kenya Publications, Nairobi, 733 pp."]}

Indigofera nairobiensis Baker f. — Habit: Herb. Habitat: LMDF; 1 500–2 700 m. Distribution: IIIa. Voucher: North Mount Kenya, Alt. 2 410 m, 26 Nov. 1983, Gillett 25353 (EA). References: Bussmann (1994), Agnew (2013)., Published as part of Zhou, Ya-Dong, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Hu, Guang-Wan & Wang, Qing-Feng, 2022, Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Mount Kenya, East Africa, pp. 1-108 in Phytotaxa 546 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.546.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6550464, {"references":["Bussmann, R. W. (1994) The forest of Mt. Kenya (Kenya): Vegetation, ecology, destruction and management of a tropical mountain forest ecosystem. Ph. D. dissertation, Universitat Bayreuth Startseite, Bayreuth, 252 pp.","Agnew, A. D. Q. (2013) Upland Kenya wild flowers and ferns, 3 rd edn. Nature Kenya Publications, Nairobi, 733 pp."]}

Indigofera brevicalyx Baker f. — Habit: Herb. Habitat: LMDF; up to 2 500 m. Distribution: II. Voucher: N/A. Reference: Fries & Fries (1927b)., Published as part of Zhou, Ya-Dong, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Hu, Guang-Wan & Wang, Qing-Feng, 2022, Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Mount Kenya, East Africa, pp. 1-108 in Phytotaxa 546 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.546.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6550464, {"references":["Fries, R. E. & Fries, T. C. E. (1927 b) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Flora des Kenia, Mt. Aberdare und Mt. Elgon. X. Notizblatt des Koniglichen Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin 10 (91): 69 - 101. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3994819"]}

Indigofera atriceps subsp. setosissima (Harms) J.B.Gillett — Habit: Herb. Habitat: LMWF, LMDF; up to 2 600 m. Distribution: IIIa. Voucher: N/A. References: Gillett et al. (1971a), Agnew (2013)., Published as part of Zhou, Ya-Dong, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Hu, Guang-Wan & Wang, Qing-Feng, 2022, Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Mount Kenya, East Africa, pp. 1-108 in Phytotaxa 546 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.546.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6550464, {"references":["Gillett, J. B., Polhill, R. M. & Verdcourt, B. (1971 a) Leguminosae (Part 3), subfamily Papilionoideae (Part 1). In: Milne-Readhead, E. & Polhill, R. M. (Eds.) Flora of Tropical East Africa. Crown Agents, London, 502 pp.","Agnew, A. D. Q. (2013) Upland Kenya wild flowers and ferns, 3 rd edn. Nature Kenya Publications, Nairobi, 733 pp."]}

Indigofera yuanjiangensis X.F. Gao & Xue Li Zhao (Fabaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. Information about its distribution, habitat, and phenology is also provided. The species is morphologically similar to I. megaphylla, I. esquirolii and I. sticta, but they differ in the leaf length, leaflet number, leaflet size, raceme length, flower color and standard size.

A new species, Indigofera centralis Peter G. Wilson & Rowe, is described from Central Australia, west of the Finke Gorge National Park in the Northern Territory; it resembles some other inland species (I. fractiflexa, I. gilesii, I. warburtonensis and I. helmsii) but differs most conspicuously by the relatively larger flowers.

Two additional species in the Indigofera haplophylla are described. Indigofera brennanii Peter G. Wilson, is a recently discovered taxon that occurs on Groote Eylandt and in Limmen National Park on the adjacent mainland. Indigofera fimbriolata Peter G. Wilson is a geographically isolated species that occurs in Bulleringa National Park, Queensland; it was formerly included in I. rupicola. Although both taxa are found in national parks, their conservation status has not been assessed.

Objective: The aim of this study is to screen chemical composition and to evaluate the acute general toxicity of leaves aqueous extracts from Sesbania pachycarpa DC. (Fabaceae), used in traditional medicine in Burkina Faso to treat malaria, helminthiasis, and aqueous extracts of the leaves from Indigofera berhautiana Gillet (Fabaceae) used to treat hepatitis and typhoid fever. Methods: Aqueous decoction of leaves from Sesbania pachycarpa DC. or Indigofera berhautiana Gillett which are the form of use recommended by traditional health practitioners, were used for tests. Aqueous extracts used to evaluate the acute toxicity, were studied on mice of strain NMRI. For the toxicity study, the doses of the aqueous extracts were respectively 5 mg/kg, 50 mg/kg, 300 mg/kg and 2000 mg/kg of body weight. Phytochemical screening was done to identify the phytochemicals contained in extracts. Results: Aqueous extracts of two species: Sesbania pachycarpa DC., Indigofera berhautiana Gillet were not toxic at the maximum dose of 2000 mg/kg of body weight. Phytochemical screening, showed coumarins, flavonoids, tannins, polyphenols compounds, steroids and/or triterpenes and saponosides in the aqueous extracts of the two species. Alkaloids were identified in Sesbania pachycarpa aqueous extract.

In this study, Indigofera wenholdiae, a new species of Fabaceae from the Agulhas Plain Region of the Western Cape Province, South Africa, is described. A composite photographic plate is included along with a distribution map, description of habitat and ecology and proposed IUCN conservation status. Indigofera wenholdiae is unique in the I. brachystachya group by having digitately compound (vs. pinnately compound) leaves, white and unscented flowers (vs. pink and sweetly scented flowers) and grows on sandstone hillsides (vs. coastal limestone plains and outcrops).

The application of the name Indigofera monophylla is clarified by reference to the type held in the Geneva herbarium and an revised description provided. The name has been widely applied to plants with rounded, unifoliolate leaves and some workers have suggested that there are multiple species within this broadly defined group. One of these has previously been given the phrase name Indigofera sp. Bungaroo Creek (S. van Leeuwen 4301) and this is formally named here as Indigofera rivularis Peter G. Wilson. Two additional species in this complex are also described: Indigofera deserticola Peter G. Wilson & Rowe, is a species of sandplains occurring within the Great Sandy Desert and Dampierland Bioregions, and Indigofera rotula Peter G. Wilson, which is a species with smaller leaves and flowers that occurs primarily in areas south of the Pilbara. A key to these species is provided.

This study has been conducted at Kimvula city. The goal was to investigate the medicinal plants used in that city. Thus, any ethnobotanical survey has been realized on the use of the plants in six towns by direct interviews among 180 peoples with an average of age comprise between 17- 70 years old with high representatives of women. This study has allowed us to establish a floristic list of 188 medicinal species belonging in 158 genera and 69 families where Fabaceae dominant group. Anemia was indications mostly cited as a sickness threated by using plants. Concerning the characteristics of the treatment preparation, leaves are the plant’s organs mostly used; decoction is the preparation way cited and the oral admistration is the administration way for those medicinal drugs. Morinda morindoides, Ocimum gratissimum, Disphania ambrosioïdes and Moringa oleifera have the VAUs superior or eaual to 1.10. There is not a link concerning the use of plants between the inhabitant of group 1 and the inhabitant of group 2. By the wah, that there is a link concerning the use of plants between the Lona, Winda, Pado, Revolution and Kinata neighborhoods (Group 2). Three sspcies characterized the group 1 like: Clematis hirsuta, Saccharum officinarum and Voacanga africana, and four especies Ceiba pentandra, Indigofera paracapitata, Maprounea africana and Ochna afzelii characterized the group 2.

Ethnopharmacological relevance Indigofera is the third-largest genus in the family of Fabaceae, with approximately 750 species. It is distributed across all tropical regions. Indigofera species are widely employed in traditional medicine all around the world, against many ailments. Thus, based on these medicinal properties, various investigations have been undertaken in order to appraise the pharmacological activities and the chemical composition of these species. A recent paper provides a summary of the phytochemistry and pharmacology of the genus Indigofera. Consequently, this review is a continuation of this previous study by updating some data and adding information about the phylogeny and traditional uses of the genus. Aim of the study To provide an overview of the phylogeny, traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicity of the genus Indigofera, and to identify the remaining gaps and thus supply a basis for further investigations. Materials and methods A review of the literature was performed by consulting scientific databases such as ‘ScienceDirect’, ‘PubMed’, ‘Google Scholar’ and ‘SpringerLink’ and using the keyword Indigofera. Results Over 60 Indigofera species are reported in traditional medicine. The uses depend on the country and the species, but similarities have been noticed. Indeed, treatments of gastrointestinal disorders, inflammatory conditions and pain, skin ailments, and respiratory and infectious diseases are recurring. Phytochemical studies have led to the identification of more than 200 compounds, notably flavonoids and terpenoids. Many pharmacological activities have been demonstrated, particularly antimicrobial, cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory activities, and thus allowed to assert most of the traditional uses of the genus. Some active compounds have been isolated and have shown remarkable therapeutic potential, like the alkaloid indirubin, which is currently being clinically trialed. Conclusions The data on the genus Indigofera are extensive, but gaps still remain. Indeed, some promising species have not been assessed for their phytochemistry and/or pharmacology and thus remain unexplored. Moreover, relatively few active compounds have been isolated and tested for their biological activity, and studies to explain their mechanism of action are nearly inexistent. Furthermore, some pharmacological studies have inappropriate methodologies that make the results difficult to interpret. Consequently, further in-depth and relevant research is required to supplement the knowledge on this wide-ranging genus and to confirm its reported therapeutic potential.

A new species, Indigofera thoothukudiensis is described and illustrated.

Indigofera, the third largest genus of Fabaceae, comprises approximately 750 species worldwide with a pantropical distribution. Eight Indigofera species, namely I. calcicola, I. delavayi, I. franchetii, I. hancockii, I. lenticellata, I. pendula, I. rigioclada, and I. szechuensis, are considered a species complex because of their morphological similarities and the phylogenetic analysis based on Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS). Small populations of these species are allopatrically distributed in Hengduan Mountains in China. Although considerable EST-SSR markers have been developed from the transcriptome of I. szechuensis, no codominant markers have been applied to study population genetic structure of the complex. In this study, we selected 66 EST-SSR markers which were transferable in Indigofera szechuensis complex for estimating polymorphism, of which 44 EST-SSRs (66.67%) were polymorphic. Amplification with selected 23 polymorphic EST-SSRs revealed a moderately high genetic diversity in this complex. The mean value of Observed number of alleles, Expected heterozygosity, Polymorphism information content and Shannon's information index was 10.4783, 0.4335, 0.6228 and 1.4369 respectively. A total of 758 genotypes were detected, with an average of 32.9565 genotypes per locus. The Mantel test showed a significant correlation between genetic and geographic distance (r=0.0748, P=0.0100). High differentiation and limited gene flow were detected among all populations (Fst=0.3589, Nm=0.5168). The PCoA and structure analysis grouped 31 populations of Indigofera szechuensis complex into five main species. I. delavayi was obviously separated from other species, and the result was in accordance with that of morphology and phylogeny. I. pendula was a separate species, and had two distinct phenotypes. Four I. szechuensis populations (Pop23, Pop24, Pop27 and Pop30) were the same species. I. calcicola, I. hancockii, I. rigioclada, I. franchetii, I. lenticellata, and I. szechuensis, distributed in southwest of Jinshajiang, could be considered as the same species; the species of I. franchetii, I. lenticellata, and I. szechuensis distributed in northeast of Jinshajiang could be considered as another separate species. Given the above information, the morphological classification of I. calcicola, I. franchetii, I. hancockii, I. lenticellata, I. rigioclada, and I. szechuensis was incredible.

International audience; Indigofera monieriana M.Pignal & L.P.Queiroz, sp. nov. and Indigofera dumbeana M.Pignal & L.P.Queiroz, sp. nov., two new species from New Caledonia, are described and illustrated. Both new species have been collected for a long time, but most herbarium specimens were named as the Australian species Indigofera australis, even though they clearly stand apart from this species and the other New Caledonian species of the genus. Indigofera monieriana can be diagnosed by the tall virgate shrubby habit, leaves with an articulate rachis and 7-11 widely obovate to orbiculate leaflets with greyish un-dersurface and almost invisible venation. Indigofera dumbeana can be recognized by the arborescent habit, leaves with 15-19 elliptical leaflets, small, c. 6 mm long flowers, and ellipsoid seeds. Preliminary IUCN assessments are provided for both species. A key is provided for all species of Indigofera recorded from New Caledonia.; Indigofera monieriana M.Pignal & L.P.Queiroz, sp. nov. et Indigofera dumbeana M.Pignal & L.P.Queiroz, sp. nov., deux nouvelles espèces de Nouvelle-Calédonie, sont décrites et illustrées. Toutes deux sont récoltées depuis longtemps, mais la plupart des spécimens d’herbier sont rapportés à Indigofera australis, une espèce australienne, même si elles se distinguent clairement de cette espèce et des autres espèces du genre de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Indigofera monieriana peut être caractérisée par son port arbustif élevé, ses feuilles avec un rachis articulé et 7–11 folioles largement obovales à orbiculées, une face abaxiale grisâtre et une nervation presque invisible. Indigofera dumbeana se reconnaît à son port arborescent, à ses feuilles avec 15–19 folioles elliptiques, à ses fleurs de petite taille (environ 6 mm de long) et à ses graines ellipsoïdes. Des statuts UICN préliminaires sont proposés. Une clé est fournie pour toutes les espèces d’Indigofera répertoriées en Nouvelle-Calédonie.

Asia, especially the temperate Sino-Himalayan region is one of the four major diversity centers of Indigofera. Pollen morphology of Indigofera species in the Sino-Himalayan region is poorly known. In this study, pollen morphology of 52 samples representing 43 Chinese Indigofera species and two varieties was examined using scanning electron microscopy to evaluate its taxonomic significance. Parasyncolpate pollen grains were described in Indigofera for the first time. Cluster and principal component analyses were conducted based on four quantitative and three qualitative pollen characters. Five groups were recognized within Chinese Indigofera in the cluster analysis, but only one can be separated by the first three principal components. The shape and size of pollen grains in Indigofera are highly variable. Consequently, both the characters lack any significant taxonomic value. The number of apertures, tectum architecture and perforation density shows some taxonomic significance. The pollen morphology exhibits obvious phylogenetic and biogeographical significance on large scales in Indigofera. Although pollen characters alone are insufficient to reconstruct the taxonomic relationships within Indigofera, palynological data can provide some useful information for the species-level revisions.

CAPES Indigofera suffruticosa é uma planta da família Fabaceae, utilizada na medicina popular como antiespasmódico e estomáquico. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar as atividades hepatoprotetora e hepatocurativa do extrato etanólico das folhas de I. suffruticosa (EFIS) em modelo experimental de lesão hepática. Foram utilizados 35 camundongos albinos Swiss (n = 5 animais/grupo): i) sadios; ii) com lesão hepática induzida por paracetamol (PCM) e tratados com salina 0,9% (10 ml/kg; v.o.); iii) com lesão hepática induzida por PCM e tratados com com silimarina (25 mg/kg; v.o.); iv) pré-tratados com EFIS (50mg/kg; v.o) antes da indução da lesão hepática induzida por PCM; v) pré-tratados com EFIS (100mg/kg; v.o) antes da indução da lesão hepática induzida por PCM; vi) tratados com EFIS (50mg/kg; v.o) após a indução da lesão hepática induzida por PCM e vii) tratados com EFIS (100mg/kg; v.o) após a indução da lesão hepática induzida por PCM. Para a indução da hepatotoxicidade foi utilizado o modelo experimental de overdose de PCM (300 mg/kg; v.o.). A hepatotoxicidade foi avaliada através de ensaios bioquímicos (determinação dos níveis séricos das enzimas, AST, ALT e ALP e da quantificação das enzimas antioxidantes, SOD, CAT e concentração de grupos Tióis no tecido hepático e análises histomorfométricas do tecido hepático dos animais. A atividade antioxidante do EFIS (62,5 - 1000 μg/mL) também foi avaliada pelo método de varredura dos radicais livres (DPPH). Os resultados mostraram que a administração do EFIS pré-tratamento ou pós-tratamento reduziu significativamente (p

Two new species of Indigofera L. (Leguminosae) are described from the Sneeuberg Centre of Floristic Endemism on the southern Great Escarpment, Eastern and Western Cape Provinces, South Africa. Both species are localised high-altitude endemics. Indigofera magnifica Schrire & V.R. Clark is confined to the summit plateau of the Toorberg–Koudeveldberg–Meelberg west of Graaff-Reinet, and complements other western Sneeuberg endemics such as Erica passerinoides (Bolus) E.G.H. Oliv. and Faurea recondita Rourke & V.R. Clark. Indigofera asantasanensis Schrire & V.R. Clark is confined to a small area east of Graaff-Reinet, and complements several other eastern Sneeuberg endemics such as Euryops exsudans B. Nord & V.R. Clark and E. proteoides B. Nord. & V.R. Clark. Based on morphology, both new species belong to the Cape Clade of Indigofera, supporting a biogeographical link between the Cape Floristic Region and the Sneeuberg, as well as with the rest of the eastern Great Escarpment.

Typification of seven species and two varieties in Indigofera is considered. All relevant specimens are discussed and lectotypes designated for seven taxa, including five currently accepted species. Typification is clarified for a further two names.

Le Laboratoire de Botanique et Biodiversite du Departement de Biologie Vegetale de l’Universite Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar s’est lance dans une programme de connaissance des unites taxonomiques a diversite elevee ou peu connue de la flore du Senegal. Le genre Indigofera L. Fabaceae Lindl. (Leguminosae Juss.) est le genre le plus diversifie de la classe des Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledonae) des plantes a fleur de la flore du Senegal avec 44 especes. Cette etude est une contribution a la systematique des especes du genre Indigofera au Senegal. Des missions de prospection ont permis la collecte d’une espece qui se revele differente des autres especes repertoriees jusqu’ici au Senegal. La comparaison des caracteres macro et micromorphologiques de cette espece avec ceux des echantillons deposes dans les collections des herbiers DAKAR et IFAN de l’Universite Cheikh Anta Diop n’ont pas permis de l’identifier avec precision. Des echantillons doubles de cette espece envoyes a l’herbier de Kew Botanic Gardens semblent le rapprocher de Indigofera brevifilamenta Gillet. La presence de poils simples glanduleux et de poils naviculaires indique que cette nouvelle espece du genre Indigofera appartient a la section des Viscosae. Une etude comparative de caracteres descriptifs de Indigofera brevifilamenta Gillet par rapport aux deux especes de la section des Viscosae de la flore du Senegal que sont Indigofera colutea (Burm.) Merril et I. secundiflora Poir. montre que Indigofera brevifilamenta se distingue principalement des autres par sa taille relativement plus petite, ses folioles a poils naviculaires sans poils glanduleux et son inflorescence lâche. Mots cles : Indigofera L., Fabaceae Lindley Faboideae , cle de determination, flore du Senegal English Title : A new species of genus Indigofera (Fabaceae Faboideae) from Senega l The Laboratory of Botany and Biodiversity of the Department of Plant Biology of the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar launched out in a program for better understanding of the taxonomic groups with higher diversity or not well studied. In Senegal; the genus Indigofera L. Fabaceae Lindl. (Leguminosae Juss.) is the most diversified genus of dicotyledons class with almost 44 species. This study is a contribution to the systematic of the genus Indigofera. Therefore, prospection missions allowed the collection of a species which appears different from the other species recorded in Senegalese flora until now. The comparison of this species with allied species deposited in the collections of DAKAR herbarium and IFAN herbarium of Cheikh Anta Diop University did not allow to identify the species with certainty. Therefore, some samples of this species sent to the herbarium of Kew Botanical Gardens who have identified the species as the Indigofera brevifilamenta Gillet. The presence of glandular hairs and biramous hairs indicates that this new species of the genus Indigofera belongs to the section of Viscosae. Description and illustrations of this new species are provided with notes on its differentiation from allied species of the section Viscosae which are Indigofera colutea (Burm.) Merril and Indigofera secundiflora Poir. This study shows that Indigofera brevifilamenta is distinguished mainly from the others by its relatively smaller size, its leaflets with biramous hairs, a lack of glandular hairs and a loose inflorescence. Keywords : Indigofera L. Fabaceae Lindley (Leguminosae Juss.) Faboideae, key of determination, flora of Senegal.

Two new species of Indigofera are described from western Queensland, one of which also extends into the Northern Territory. Indigofera erubescens Peter G. Wilson & Rowe, is a species sometimes confused with I. brevidens and, to a lesser extent, I. helmsii but readily distinguished from both by its rather small, red flowers; Indigofera queenslandica Peter G. Wilson & Rowe, is a species superficially similar in parts of its range to I. leucotricha in having a rather dense, greyish indumentum. Both species are illustrated and their conservation status discussed.

Leguminous plants have received special interest for the diversity of β-proteobacteria in their nodules and are promising candidates for biotechnological applications. In this study, 15 bacterial strains were isolated from the nodules of the following legumes: Indigofera thibaudiana, Mimosa diplotricha, Mimosa albida, Mimosa pigra, and Mimosa pudica, collected in 9 areas of Chiapas, Mexico. The strains were grouped into four profiles of genomic fingerprints through BOX-PCR and identified based on their morphology, API 20NE biochemical tests, sequencing of the 16S rRNA, nifH and nodC genes as bacteria of the Burkholderia genus, genetically related to Burkholderia phenoliruptrix, Burkholderia phymatum, Burkholderia sabiae, and Burkholderia tuberum. The Burkholderia strains were grown under stress conditions with 4% NaCl, 45°C, and benzene presence at 0.1% as the sole carbon source. This is the first report on the isolation of these nodulating species of the Burkholderia genus in legumes in Mexico.

Abundance of Fabaceae declines in representation through post-fire-succession in fynbos vegetation of the Cape Floristic Region (CFR). This reduction in legume occurrence coincides with a known decline in post-fire soil P availability. It was hypothesized that the disappearance of legume species during post-fire succession is due to an inability to acquire P effectively from sparingly soluble sources. P-acquisition strategies and response to P supply were compared between legume (Aspalathus, Cyclopia, Indigofera, Podalyria) and non-legume (Elegia, Leucadendron, Protea) genera when supplied with 1 or 10 mg P kg−1 dry sand. Each genus consisted of a seeder (non-persistent) and resprouter (persistent) species. Non-legumes showed a greater investment in below-ground biomass, more root clusters, with higher concentrations of carboxylates exuded by cluster roots and carboxylates that were better suited to the mobilization of sparingly soluble P compared to legumes. The growth response to increased P supply was 53% higher in legumes than in non-legumes. The lack of a growth response to an elevated P supply in the non-legumes was attributed to N-limitation. Legume resprouters had a higher investment in cluster-root biomass and a lower capacity to down-regulate P-uptake than the seeders. Therefore the inability to acquire sufficient P from low concentration and sparingly soluble soil P-sources may contribute to the lack of indigenous legume persistence in fynbos vegetation of the CFR.

The Bruchidius albopubens (Pic) species-group : definition, description of new species and biological data (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae). The species-group Bruchidius albopubens (Pic) is created for B. albopubens, widespread in Africa south of the Sahara and in southern Asia, B. medaniensis (Decelle), until now known only from Sudan, also present in Kenya, as well as two new species : B. umbratus from the Comoros, and B. watamuensis from Kenya. These Seed Beetles seem strongly associated with tribe Indigoferae (Leguminosae, Fabaceae) : the larva of B. watamuensis develops in the seeds of Indigofera trita var. subulata (Vahl ex Poir.) Ali, whereas that of B. albopubens feeds in the seeds of four Indigofera species and in those of Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub., also an Indigofereae., Le groupe d''espèces Bruchidius albopubens (Pic) est créé pour B. albopubens, répandu dans une grande partie de l''Afrique sub-saharienne et en Asie du sud, B. medaniensis (Decelle), connu jusqu''ici du Soudan mais existant aussi au Kenya, ainsi que pour deux espèces nouvelles : B. umbratus des Comores et B. watamuensis du Kenya. Ces Bruches semblent étroitement liées à la tribu des Indigofereae (Légumineuses, Fabaceae) : la larve de B. watamuensis se développe dans les graines d''Indigofera trita var. subulata (Vahl ex Poir.) Ali, tandis que celle de B. albopubens se nourrit des graines de quatre espèces d''Indigofera et de celles de Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub., également une Indigofereae., Delobel Alex, Le Rü Bruno P. Le groupe d’espèces Bruchidius albopubens (Pic) : définition, description d’espèces nouvelles et données biologiques (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae). In: Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, volume 115 (1),2010. pp. 23-29.