Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Indigofera brennanii
Fabaceae Lindl.
Indigofera brennanii Peter G.Wilson , legitimate, scientific
Wilson, Peter G. (11 June 2020), Additional species in the Indigofera haplophylla group (Fabaceae: Faboideae). Telopea 23: 90, Fig. 1 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Holotype. Northern Territory: Darwin & Gulf: Groote Islandt [sic], East side of Little Lagoon, near Umbakumba, Cowie 10548 & Dixon, 2 Mar 2005 (NSW, barcode NSW 818825) Isotypes: CANB, barcode CANB 687348 n.v.; DNA, barcode D0179473 n.v."
taxonomic synonym: Indigofera sp. Groote Eylandt (D.J.Dixon 1365 & I.D.Cowie) NT Herbarium [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: NT
  • Etymology: "Named for Kym Brennan who, when working for the Office of the Supervising Scientist and the Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts, made many important collections in the Kakadu/ Alligator Rivers area. He is also the author of publications, both popular (Brennan 1986) and scientific (Brennan 1996, 2007), that relate to the flora of that region."