Inga nobilis

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Common Names

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 4,936 meters (0 to 16,194 feet).[1]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Feuilleea nobilis (Willd.)kuntze
2. Inga conglomerata Benoist
3. Inga corymbifera Benth.
4. Inga humboldtiana Kunth
5. Inga mathewsiana Benth.
6. Inga riedeliana Benth.
7. Inga riedeliana var. surinamensis Benth.
8. Inga sericantha Miq.

Notes

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

Place of publication : Enum. pl. 2:1047. 1809

Name verified on 22-Oct-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 24-Jan-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Inga

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 790 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

I. acicularis · I. acreana · I. acrocephala (Witte Bast Switbonki) · I. acuminata · I. acutifolia · I. adenophylla · I. adiantifolia · I. aestuariorum · I. affinis (Inga Da Beira Do Rio) · I. aggregata · I. alata · I. alatocarpa · I. alba · I. albicans · 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. amboroensis · I. andersonii · I. angulata · I. angustifolia · I. annularis · I. anomala · I. antioquensis · I. apiculata · I. approximata · I. apta · I. aptera · I. archeri · I. arenicola · I. aria · I. arinensis · I. asplenioides · I. assimilis · 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. berteriana · I. berteroana · I. bicoloriflora · I. biglobosa · I. bijuga · I. billbergiana · I. biolleyana · I. blanchetiana · I. bolivariana · I. boliviana · I. bollandii · I. bonplandiana · I. borealis · I. bourgoni · I. bourgonii · I. brachyptera · I. brachyrachis · I. brachyrhachis · I. brachystachya · I. brachystachys · I. bracteifera · I. bracteosa · I. brenesii · 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 (Inga Cabelo) · I. cabrerae · I. caffra · I. calantha · I. calanthoides · I. calcicola (Guatope) · I. caldasiana · I. calderoni · I. calderonii · I. callicarpa

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Further Reading

• Boggan, J. et al. 1992. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas. (L Guianas)
• Botanical Museum leaflets, Harvard University. 30 1984-1986 Cambridge, Mass.: Botanical Museum, Harvard University, 1932- ENG url p. 262.
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru)
• Fifty years of botany; golden jubilee volume of the Botanical Society of America, edited by William Campbell Steere. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1958. ENG url p. 266.
• Flora of Peru / by J. Francis Macbride. Chicago, [Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, [1943] ENG url p. 31, p. 33.
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
• Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia. (Trees Bolivia)
• Pennington, T. D. 1996. (1228-1230) Three proposals to conserve or reject species names in the genus Inga (Leguminosae) [conserve Inga marginata, reject Inga juglandifolia & Inga pisana]. Taxon 45:334.
• Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany. (Inga) 379.
• Poncy, O. 1985. Le genre Inga (Légumineuses, Mimosoideae) en Guyane française. Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Bot. 31:48.
• Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands / New York Academy of Sciences. New York, N.Y.: The Academy, 1919- url p. 201, p. 228, p. 340.

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 December 29, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• Nielsen IC & Rico ML, 1994 (from ILDIS).
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 28, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
• GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
• , Vascular Plant Herbarium
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
• SysTax, SysTax
• University of Vienna, Institute for Botany - Herbarium WU, Herbarium WU

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2676367
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-8634
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13641835
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:500642-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 405499
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 565240
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 128633-2
• MoBot NameID: 13008849
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: INNOQ
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 44067

Footnotes

1. Mean = 491.550 meters (1,612.697 feet), Standard Deviation = 957.200 based on 369 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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