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Indigofera cordifolia

Indigofera cordifolia B.Heyne ex Roth

Roth, A.W. (1821), Novarae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae orientalis: 357
TYPE:   "In India orientali hanc novam speciem detexit oculatissimus BENJ. HEYNE et mecum sub hoc nomine benevole communicavit." [given by I. de Kort & G.Thijsse, Blumea 30 (1984) 116 as "Heyne s.n. (L), Ind. Or."].
COMMENT:   Base name for Anil cordifolia (Heyne) Kuntze.
Nomenclatural Synonyms:

Anil cordifolia (Roth) Kuntze ;  Kuntze, C.E.O. (1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 160

Hooker, J.D. (1855), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror . III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(1): xliii

Bentham, G. (1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 196

Kort, I. de & Thijsse, G. (1984) A revision of the genus Indigofera (Leguminosae - Papilionoideae) in Southeast Asia. Blumea 30(1): 89-151 (116)

Wilson, Peter G. & Rowe, R. (2004) A revision of the Indigofereae (Fabaceae) in Australia. 1. Indigastrum and the simple or unifoliolate species of Indigofera. Telopea 10(3): 673
DISTRIBUTION:   Northern Territory