Fabaceae
Inga

Inga pezizifera Benth.

First published in London J. Bot. 4: 587 (1845)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • D'Arcy, W.G. (1987). Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index.. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 17: 1-328. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.
  • Monro, A.K., González, F., Santamaría, D., Chacón, O., Rodríguez, A., Solano, D. Zamora, N. & Correa, M. (2011). A first checklist to the vascular plants of La Amistad International Park (PILA), Costa Rica-Panama. Phytotaxa 322: 1-283.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1997). The genus Inga botany: 1-488. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew's Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Monro, A.K., González, F., Santamaría, D., Chacón, O., Rodríguez, A., Solano, D. Zamora, N. & Correa, M. (2011). A first checklist to the vascular plants of La Amistad International Park (PILA), Costa Rica-Panama. Phytotaxa 322: 1-283.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1997). The genus Inga botany: 1-488. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 McPherson, G. [20721] Panama K001472582 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Silverstone-Sopkin, F.A. [1447] Colombia K001343024 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Mutis [3633] Colombia K000328494 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Prance, G.T.; Steward, J.R.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [10195] Brazil K000876257 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Lawrence, A.E [783] Colombia K001343025 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Balée, W.L.; Ribeiro, B.G. [2739] Brazil K000876255 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ducke, A. [16709] Brazil K000328335 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ducke, A. [16709] Brazil K000328334 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ducke, A. [s.n.] Brazil K000876261 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Schomburgk [124 (50)] Guyana K000328332 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [4476] Brazil K000876263 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Prance, G.T.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [8881] Brazil K000876258 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Milliken, W. [1911] Brazil K000876256 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ducke, A. [447] Brazil K000876259 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ducke, A. [35538] Brazil K000876260 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Callejas, R.; Betancur, J.; Roldán, F.J. [3598] Colombia K001343026 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ducke, A. [1249] Brazil K000876262 Yes
Jan 1, 1947 Gonggrijp, J.W.; Stahel, G. [5746] Suriname K000328333 Type Yes
Guimaraes [47] Brazil K001343659 No
Pennington, T.D.; Zamora, N. [13376] Costa Rica K:SPC-57468.000 No
Van der Linden [s.n.] Suriname K001343656 Yes
Spironelo, W.R. [A18] Brazil K:SPC-59166.000 No
Acevedo; et al [189] Costa Rica K001343664 No
De Jong, W.; Shanley, P. [121] Peru K001635672 No
McDowell [4812] Guyana K001343658 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; et al. [12460] Peru K:SPC-55777.000 No
Spironelo, W.R. [A13] Brazil K:SPC-59228.000 No
Aulestia C; M [1086] Ecuador K001343657 Yes
Valenzuela; et al [12136] Peru K001343654 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; et al. [12465] Peru K:SPC-55685.000 No
Pennington, T.D.; et al. [12461] Peru K:SPC-55776.000 No
Boom; Weitzman [5560] Venezuela K001343655 Yes
Boom; Weitzman [5560], Venezuela K001343655 Yes
Aulestia C; M [1086], Ecuador K001343657 Yes
Panama K001472582 Yes
Panama K001472583 Yes
Panama K001472584 Yes
Panama K001472585 Yes
Panama K001472586 Yes
Panama K001472587 Yes
Panama K001472588 Yes
Panama K001472589 Yes
Panama K001472590 Yes
Ecuador K001472591 Yes
Ecuador K001472592 Yes
Ecuador K001472593 Yes
Ecuador K001472594 Yes
Ecuador K001472595 Yes
Venezuela K001472597 Yes
Venezuela K001472598 Yes
Venezuela K001472599 Yes
Venezuela K001472600 Yes
Venezuela K001472601 Yes
Venezuela K001472602 Yes
Ecuador K001472596 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0