Baptisia
| Baptisia | |
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| Baptisia australis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Sophoreae |
| Genus: | Baptisia Vent. |
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27–30; see text. | |
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Baptisia (wild indigo,[1] false indigo) is a genus in the legume family, Fabaceae. They are flowering herbaceous perennial plants with pea-like flowers, followed by pods, which are sometimes inflated. They are native to woodland and grassland in eastern and southern North America. The species most commonly found in cultivation is B. australis.[2]
Baptisia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the jaguar flower moth, Schinia jaguarina.
Species[]
Baptisia comprises the following species:[3][4][5][6]
- Baptisia alba (L.) Vent.—white wild indigo
- var. alba (L.) Vent.
- var. macrophylla (Larisey) Isely
- Small
- Baptisia arachnifera W.H. Duncan—cobwebby wild indigo, hairy rattleweed (limited to two counties in southeastern Georgia)[7]
- Baptisia australis (L.) R. Br.—blue false indigo, blue wild indigo
- var. australis (L.) R. Br.
- var. minor (Lehm.) Fernald
- Greenm. & Larisey
- Baptisia bracteata Elliott—longbract wild indigo, Plains wild indigo
- var. bracteata Elliott
- var. glabrescens (Larisey) Isely
- var. laevicaulis (Canby) Isely
- var. leucophaea (Nutt.) Kartesz & Gandhi
- Canby—Florida wild indigo
- var. calycosa Canby
- var. villosa Canby
- (Raf.) Fernald & B.G. Schub.—grayhairy wild indigo
- Larisey
- Larisey
- Larisey
- Larisey
- Larisey
- (Walter) Elliott—gopherweed (Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina)[7]
- var. lanceolata (Walter) Elliott
- var. tomentosa (Larisey) Isely
- Torr. & A. Gray—pineland wild indigo
- Small ex Larisey
- Torr. & A. Gray—Apalachicola wild indigo
- Nutt.
- Baptisia nuttalliana Small—Nuttall's wild indigo
- (L.) R. Br.—catbells
- Larisey
- M.A. Curtis
- Croom—scareweed
- Baptisia sphaerocarpa Nutt.—yellow wild indigo, green wild indigo, round wild indigo
- Larisey
- Engelm.
- Baptisia tinctoria (L.) Vent.—rattleweed, wild indigo, horseflyweed, indigo-broom, yellow broom
Species names with uncertain taxonomic status[]
The status of the following species is unresolved:[5]
- Baptisia auriculata Sweet
- Baptisia lupinoides Burb.
- Baptisia retusa Raf.
Hybrids[]
The following hybrids have been described:[5]
- Baptisia ×bushii Small
- Baptisia ×variicolor Kosnik, et al. (Baptisia australis × Baptisia sphaerocarpa)
See also[]
- Indigofera—true indigo
References[]
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Baptisia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ A–Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley in association with the Royal Horticultural Society. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Baptisia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Baptisia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ a b c "The Plant List entry for Baptisia". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Baptisia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ a b Young AS, Chang SM, Sharitz RR (2007), "Reproductive ecology of a federally endangered legume, Baptisia arachnifera, and its more widespread congener, B. lanceolata (Fabaceae)", Am J Bot, 94 (2): 228–236, doi:10.3732/ajb.94.2.228, PMID 21642225
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