TAXONOMIC STUDY FOR GENUS INDIGOFERA L. (FABACEAE) IN EREF GABAL, AL-MAQATERAH DISTRICTS, LAHEJ GOVERNORATE, REPUBLIC OF YEMEN

Abstract

This current study deals with the Indigofera L., in Eref region, Al-Maqaterah district, Lahej governorate, Yemen. During the period from August 2020 to March 2023. The present study recognized 6 species are: I. amorphoides, I. arabica, I. articulata, I. coerulea var. coerulea, I. hochstetteri and I. spinosa. The habit, vegetative and reproductive characters proved that they are with high taxonomic values in identification and classification at the level of species of Indigofera. The chorotype for recorded taxa in study area belong to Sudano-Zambezian. The chomophytes are dominant in studied area.