Fabaceae
Inga

Inga flexuosa Schltdl.

First published in Linnaea 12: 559 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Colombia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • 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.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1997). The genus Inga botany: 1-488. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1997). The genus Inga botany: 1-488. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2002 Méndez Ton, A. [4402] Mexico K000564137 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Pringle, C.G. [8125] Mexico K000082052 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Sousa S., M.; Téllez, O.; German, T.; Rico, L. [8144] Mexico K000564193 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Torres C., R.; Villaseñor, J.L. [5122] Mexico K000564192 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Torres C., R.; Villaseñor, J.L. [5122] Mexico K000563879 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Sousa S., M.; Téllez, O.; German, T.; Rico, L. [8144] Mexico K000563878 Yes
Pringle [8125] Mexico K000082051 Isotype No
Torres C., R.; Cedillo, T.R. [2055] Mexico K000563877 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [7617] Mexico Inga hintonii K000082047 Type Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Zamora, N. [13367] Costa Rica Inga hintonii K:SPC-57459.000 No
Jan 1, 1996 Hinton, G.B. [8978] Mexico Inga micheliana K000118200 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Matuda, E. [1899] Mexico Inga micheliana K000563883 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Heyde; Lux [3319] Guatemala Inga micheliana K000082048 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Hinton, G.B. [8103] Mexico Inga micheliana K000118198 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Hinton, G.B. [456] Mexico Inga micheliana K000118195 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Hinton, G.B. [456] Mexico Inga micheliana K000118196 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Hinton, G.B. [4182] Mexico Inga micheliana K000118352 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Matuda, E. [1899] Mexico Inga micheliana K000563881 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Hinton, G.B. [7667] Mexico Inga micheliana K000118197 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Hinton, G.B. [11202] Mexico Inga micheliana K000118199 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Martínez S., E.M. [14179] Mexico Inga micheliana K000563882 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Hinton, G.B. [8232] Mexico Inga micheliana K000118351 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ton, A.S. [8185] Mexico Inga micheliana K000563880 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Sousa S., M.; Martínez, S.E.; Reyes García, A. [13172] Mexico Inga micheliana K000563886 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Martínez S., E.M.; Márquez, A.; Urquijo, G.; Ramírez, M. [19405] Mexico Inga micheliana K000563884 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Hinton, G.B. [6171] Mexico Inga micheliana K000118353 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Sousa S., M.; Martínez, S.E.; Reyes García, A. [13178] Mexico Inga micheliana K000563885 Yes
Ton, Alush [8185] Mexico Inga micheliana K000082046 Isotype No
Estrada, A.; Sánchez, J.; Chacón, R. [4008] Costa Rica Inga micheliana K001560294 Yes

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 Backbone Distributions

    • 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

  • 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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