Inga laurina

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• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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Common Names

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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

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,524 meters (0 to 8,281 feet).Mean = 349.190 meters (1,145.636 feet), Standard Deviation = 516.710 based on 413 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Feuilleea fagifolia (L.)Kuntze
2. Feuilleea laurina (Sw.) Kuntze
3. Feuilleea laurina (Sw.)Kuntze
4. Inga fagifolia (L.)Benth.
5. Inga laurina (Sw.) Willd.
6. Inga laurina Sw.
7. Inga tetraphylla (Vell.)Mart.
8. Mimosa fagifolia L.
9. Mimosa laurina Sw.
10. Mimosa tetraphylla Vell.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Nielsen I.C., Rico M .L., 1994

Place of publication : Sp. pl. 4(2):1018. 1806

Name verified on 22-Oct-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 06-Aug-2002

Similar Species

Members of the genus Inga

There are approximately 707 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

I. acicularis · I. acreana · I. acrocephala · I. acuminata · I. acus · I. adenophylla · I. affinis · I. afzelioides · 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. berteroi · 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

Bibliography

• Croat, T. B. 1978. Flora of Barro Colorado Island. (F BarroColo) [= I. fagifolia (L.) Willd. ex Benth.].
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
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• Pittier, H. F. et al. 1945–1947. Catalogo de la flora venezolana. (L Venez)
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed September 17, 2007.
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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
• Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
• SysTax, SysTax
• The New York Botanical Garden, Species of Eastern Brazil Vascular Plant Specimens
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, MEXU/Plantas Vasculares

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2667605
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-15672
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 159360
• GRIN Nomen Number: 315070
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 503168
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 1199545-
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: INFA
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 44063

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