Inga micheliana

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

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

Ecology: A cloud forest species occurring over a wide altitudinal range . (Ref. 279972).

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Inga cobanensis Pittier • Inga tuerckheimii Pittier

Notes

Publishing author : Harms Publication : Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 525 1915

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Habit: Tree , Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Inga

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 58 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

I. acrocephala (Witte Bast Switbonki) · I. affinis (Inga Da Beira Do Rio) · I. cabelo (Inga Cabelo) · I. calcicola (Guatope) · I. cardozana (Guamo) · I. carinata (Guaba De Mico) · I. ciliata subcapitata (Cachig) · I. cuspidata (Guamo De Monte) · I. cyclocarpa (Bois Tanniste Rouge) · I. dasycarpa (Sakil Kok) · I. davidsei (Guama Peluda) · I. densiflora (Guava Blanca) · I. edulis (Guama) · I. edulis var. edulis (Ice-Cream-Bean) · I. exfoliata (Inga Miudo) · I. ferruginea (Albizia) · I. feuilleei (Ice-Cream Bean) · I. goldmanii (Guava Peluda) · I. hayesii (Guamo) · I. huastecana (Chalahuite Chicha) · I. ilta (Guaba Ilta) · I. ingoides (Icecream Bean) · I. interrupta (Guamo Colorado) · I. ismaelis (Guagenecuil De La Montana) · I. japurensis (Yakum Sampi) · I. jinicuil (Guava Negra) · I. laurina (Caspiro) · I. luschnathiana (Inga Cachorro) · I. manabiensis (Guaba De Mico) · I. micheliana (Cuajiniquil) · I. multijuga subsp. aestuariorum (Guaba De Montana) · I. multijuga subsp. mexicana (Ahuatope) · I. multinervis (Paa Bego) · I. nobilis (Guama Venezolano) · I. nobilis nobilis (Guamo) · I. nobilis quaternata (Guama Venezolano) · I. nobilis subsp. quaternata (Pacaecillo Del Canto Del Rio) · I. oerstediana (Cuajiniquil Peludo) · I. paterno (Guabo Caite) · I. pauciflora (Guabita De R) · I. pavoniana (Cuasilote) · I. pluricarpellata (Rosca Pacae) · I. punctata (Acotope) · I. quaternata (Guama Venezolano) · I. quaternata quaternata (Guama Venezolano) · I. saman (Vaivai Ni Vavalagi) · I. sertulifera subsp. leptopus (Shimbillo Colorado) · I. sierrae (Guabo Peludo) · I. silanchensis (Guaba Machete) · I. sinacae (Vaina Peluda) · I. spectabilis (Ice Cream Bean) · I. striolata (Pacae) · I. thibaudiana (Guavo De Playa) · I. tomentosa (Pacae) · I. uruguensis (Inga Banana) · I. vera (River Koko) · I. vera subsp. eriocarpa (Jacanicuil) · I. zygia (Red Nongo)

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Further Reading

• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 18 1914-1917 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 193, p. 194, plate 99, p. VII, p. XV.

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.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 25, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Mitré, M. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Mitr, M. 1998. Inga micheliana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:

• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2865568
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-8625
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13641825
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:500606-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 128612-2
• IUCN ID: 216480
• MoBot NameID: 13008830
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 430487

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