Overview
Taxonomy
The Tribe Ingeae is a member of the Subfamily Mimosoideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Ingeae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Rosidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Rosanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Order: Fabales
Bromhead, 1838
- Family: Leguminosae
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily: Mimosoideae
- Tribe: Ingeae
- Subfamily: Mimosoideae
- Family: Leguminosae
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Order: Fabales
Bromhead, 1838
- Superorder: Rosanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Subclass: Rosidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
The Tribe Ingeae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (24): Abarema · Affonsea · Albizia · Archidendron · Archidendropsis · Calliandra · Cathormion · Chloroleucon · Ebenopsis · Enterolobium · Faidherbia · Havardia · Hydrochorea · Inga · Lysiloma · Macrosamanea · Pararchidendron · Paraserianthes · Pithecellobium · Samanea · Serianthes · Wallaceodendron · Zapoteca · Zygia
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2,101 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Ingeae.
Genera
Abarema
Abarema is a neotropical genus of large trees in the legume family (Fabaceae). They grow from Mexico (Abarema idiopoda) to Bolivia. Most of the species can be found in the Amazon Basin and the Guyana Highlands. They have a deep-green fernlike foliage, with bipinnately compound leaves. For lack of a better name, they are collectively called abaremas. [more]
Affonsea
Albizia
Albizia is a genus of about 150 species of mostly fast-growing subtropical and tropical trees and shrubs in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family, Fabaceae. The genus is pantropical, occurring in Asia, Africa, Madagascar, Central, South, and southern North America and Australia, but mostly in the Old World tropics. Some species are considered weedy. [more]
Archidendron
Archidendron is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. [more]
Archidendropsis
Archidendropsis is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. [more]
Calliandra
Calliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Mimosoideae. It contains about 200 species that are native to tropical and subtropical regions of southern Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. [more]
Cathormion
Chloroleucon
Chloroleucon is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. Some authorities consider it part of the genus Albizia. The generic name is derived from the Greek words ?????? (chloros), meaning "green," and ?e???? (leukos), meaning "white." [more]
Ebenopsis
Enterolobium
Faidherbia
Havardia
Hydrochorea
Hydrochorea is a legume genus in the subfamily Mimosoideae. It contains a mere 3 species at present: [more]
Inga
Inga is a of tropical trees and shrubs, member of the infrafamily Ingeae. Inga's leaves are pinnate, and flowers are generally white. Many of the hundreds of species are used ornamentally. [more]
Lysiloma
Macrosamanea
Macrosamanea is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Pararchidendron
Paraserianthes
Pithecellobium
Pithecellobium is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Samanea
Serianthes
Serianthes is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Wallaceodendron
Zapoteca
Zygia
Zygia is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. [more]
At least 91 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Zygia.
More info about the Genus Zygia may be found here.
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