Common Names
Common Names in English:
Ice-Cream Bean, Pacay, Pacayer
Description
Family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]
Subfamily Mimosoideae
Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic , sympetalous , the lobes valvate . Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous , showy. Pollen released in monads , tetrads , or polyads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]
Physical Description
Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Inga cumingiana Benth.
- Inga feuillei DC.
Misapplied Names
- Inga edulis Martius
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Nielsen I.C., Rico M .L., 1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Inga
There are approximately 617 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
I. acicularis · I. acreana · I. acrocephala · I. acuminata · I. adenophylla · I. affinis · I. aggregata · I. alata · I. alatocarpa · I. alba · I. albicoria · I. aliena · I. allenii · I. alternifolia · I. altissima · I. amazonica · I. amazonica var. amazonica · I. amazonica var. bracteifera · I. amazonica var. lomatophylla · I. amazonica var. membranacea · I. amazonica var. membranaceae · I. amborensis · I. amboroensis · I. andersonii · I. angulata · I. angustifolia · I. annularis · I. apiculata · I. approximata · I. apta · I. aptera · I. archeri · I. arenicola · I. aria · I. arinensis · I. asplenioides · I. atropicta · I. attenuata · I. augusti · I. augustii · I. auristella · I. auristellae · I. bahiensis · I. balaensis · I. balsapambensis · I. bangii · I. barbata · I. barbourii · I. bauhiniaefolia · I. belizensis · I. bella · I. berteroana · I. bicoloriflora · I. biglobosa · I. bijuga · I. blanchetiana · I. bolivariana · I. boliviana · I. bollandii · I. bonplandiana · I. borealis · I. bourgoni · I. bourgonii · I. brachyptera · I. brachyrhachis · I. brachystachya · I. brachystachys · I. bracteifera · I. bracteosa · I. brevialata · I. brevimba · I. brevipedicellata · I. brevipes · I. brevituba · I. brunnescens · I. bullata · I. bullata var. bullata · I. bullata var. glabrescens · I. bullatorugosa · I. byrsinocarpa · I. cabelo · I. cabrerae · I. caffra · I. calantha · I. calanthoides · I. calcicola · I. calderoni · I. calderonii · I. callicarpa · I. campanulata · I. canaminensis · I. candida · I. canonegrensis · I. capitata · I. capitata var. brevicalyx · I. capitata var. capitata · I. capitata var. tenuior · I. capsellata · I. cardozana · I. carinata
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 5, 2007.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 25, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes
- ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 21, 2008.
- Nielsen IC & Rico ML, 1994 (from ILDIS).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus: The AAU Herbarium Database
- Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2865153
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-8171
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 180643
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 430040
