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Inga

The genus Inga is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Inga

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Inga acicularis T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga acreana Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga acrocephala Steud. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga acuminata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga adenophylla Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Inga affinis DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga aggregata G.Don Accepted H ILDIS
Inga alata Benoist Accepted H ILDIS
Inga alatocarpa T.S.Elias Accepted H ILDIS
Inga alba (Sw.) Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga aliena J.F.Macbr. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga allenii Leon Accepted H ILDIS
Inga altissima Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga amazonica L.Cardenas Accepted H ILDIS
Inga amboroensis T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga andersonii McVaugh Accepted H ILDIS
Inga angustifolia Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga apiculata Rusby Accepted H ILDIS
Inga approximata T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga apta J.F.Macbr. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga archeri Britton & Killip Accepted H ILDIS
Inga arenicola T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga aria J.F.Macbr. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga arinensis Hoehne Accepted H ILDIS
Inga augustii Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga auristellae Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga bahiensis Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga balaensis Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Inga balsapambensis T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga bangii Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga barbata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga barbourii Standl. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga belizensis Standl. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga bella M.Sousa Accepted H ILDIS
Inga bicoloriflora Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga bijuga Schery Accepted H ILDIS
Inga blanchetiana Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga bolivariana Britton & Killip Accepted H ILDIS
Inga boliviana Britton Accepted H ILDIS
Inga bollandii Sprague & Sandwith Accepted H ILDIS
Inga bonplandiana Kunth Accepted H ILDIS
Inga borealis T.S.Elias Accepted H ILDIS
Inga bourgonii (Aubl.) DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga brachyptera Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga brachyrhachis Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga brachystachya Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga brachystachys (Ducke) Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga bracteifera N.Zamora & T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga bracteosa Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga brevialata Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga brevipedicellata Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga brevipes Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga brevituba T.S.Elias Accepted H ILDIS
Inga brunnescens Britton & Killip Accepted H ILDIS
Inga bullata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga bullatorugosa Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga cabelo T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga cabrerae M.Sousa Accepted H ILDIS
Inga calantha Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga calanthoides Amshoff Accepted H ILDIS
Inga calcicola M.Sousa Accepted H ILDIS
Inga calderonii Standl. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga campanulata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga canaminensis Rusby Accepted H ILDIS
Inga canonegrensis N.Zamora & T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga capitata Desv. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga capsellata Uribe Accepted H ILDIS
Inga cardozana L.Cardenas Accepted H ILDIS
Inga carinata T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga caudata Killip Accepted L ILDIS
Inga cayennensis Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga cecropietorum Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga chartacea Poepp. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga chiapensis M.Sousa Accepted H ILDIS
Inga chinacotana Britton & Killip Accepted H ILDIS
Inga chocoensis T.S.Elias Accepted H ILDIS
Inga chorrerana T.S.Elias Accepted H ILDIS
Inga chrysantha Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga ciliata C.Presl Accepted H ILDIS
Inga cinnamomea Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga cocleensis Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Inga codonantha Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Inga coerulescens Walp. Accepted M TRO
Inga complanata Amshoff Accepted L ILDIS
Inga conferta Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga cookii Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Inga coragypsea Uribe Accepted H ILDIS
Inga cordatoalata Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga cordistipula Mart. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga coruscans Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga crassiflora Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga cuspidata M.Sousa Accepted H ILDIS
Inga cycladenia Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Inga cyclocarpa Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga cylindrica (Vell.) Mart. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga cynometrifolia Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga dasycarpa M.Sousa Accepted H ILDIS
Inga davidsei M.Sousa Accepted H ILDIS
Inga davidsoniae Standl. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga densiflora Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga diadema (Vell.) Mart. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga dichotoma (Vell.) Mart. Accepted M TRO
Inga disticha Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga dolichantha Uribe Accepted H ILDIS
Inga dominicensis Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga donaeana J.F.Macbr. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga duckei Huber Accepted H ILDIS
Inga duquei Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga dwyeri M.Sousa Accepted H ILDIS
Inga dysantha Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga edulis Mart. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga eglandulosa T.S.Elias Accepted H ILDIS
Inga ellipsoidea Rusby Accepted H ILDIS
Inga ellsworthiana Uribe Accepted H ILDIS
Inga endlicheri (Kuntze) J.F.Macbr. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga enterolobioides T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga eriocarpoides Britton & Killip Accepted H ILDIS
Inga eriorhachis Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga exalata T.S.Elias Accepted H ILDIS
Inga exfoliata T.D.Penn. & F.C.P.Garcia Accepted H ILDIS
Inga exilis T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga extra-nodis T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga fanchoniana Poncy Accepted H ILDIS
Inga fastuosa (Jacq.) Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga fendleriana Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga ferrugineo-hirta Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga feuilleei DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga filiformis N.Zamora Accepted H ILDIS
Inga flagelliformis (Vell.) Mart. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga flexuosa J. Graham Accepted M TRO
Inga fluvii-novi Harms Accepted L ILDIS
Inga fosteriana T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga fredoniana Britton & Killip Accepted H ILDIS
Inga gereauana (Pipoly & R.Vasquez) T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga glaberrima (Schumach. & Thonn.) Roberty Accepted M TRO
Inga glomeriflora Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga goldmanii Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Inga golfodulcensis N.Zamora Accepted H ILDIS
Inga goniocalyx Britton & Killip Accepted H ILDIS
Inga graciliflora Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga gracilifolia Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga gracilior Sprague Accepted H ILDIS
Inga grandis T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga guamito Uribe Accepted H ILDIS
Inga guilleminiana Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga hayesii Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga hedgerae G.P.Lewis Accepted H ILDIS
Inga heinei Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga herrerae N.Zamora Accepted H ILDIS
Inga herthae Harms Accepted L ILDIS
Inga heterophylla Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga heteroptera Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga hintonii Sandwith Accepted H ILDIS
Inga hirsutissima Rusby Accepted H ILDIS
Inga hispida Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga holtonii Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Inga huastecana M.Sousa Accepted H ILDIS
Inga huberi Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga ilta T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga inflata Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga inga (Vell.) J. Moore Accepted M TRO
Inga ingoides (Rich.) Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga inicuil Schltdl. & Cham. ex G. Don Accepted M TRO
Inga insignis Kunth Accepted H ILDIS
Inga interfluminensis Uribe Accepted H ILDIS
Inga interrupta L.Cardenas & De Martino Accepted H ILDIS
Inga involucrata Cowan Accepted H ILDIS
Inga ismaelis M.Sousa Accepted H ILDIS
Inga japurensis T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga jaunechensis A.H.Gentry Accepted H ILDIS
Inga jefensis Liesner & D'Arcy Accepted H ILDIS
Inga jimenezii N.Zamora Accepted H ILDIS
Inga jinicuil Schltdl. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga jucunda Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga juglandifolia Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga killipiana J.F.Macbr. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga klugii J.F.Macbr. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga lacustris M.Sousa Accepted H ILDIS
Inga lallensis Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga lanceifolia Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga lateriflora Miq. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga latibracteata Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga latipes Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Inga laurifolia Benth. Accepted L ILDIS
Inga laurina (Sw.) Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga laxiflora (DC.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga leiocalycina Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga lenticellata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga lentiscifolia Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga leonis N.Zamora Accepted H ILDIS
Inga leptantha Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga leptingoides Amshoff Accepted H ILDIS
Inga leptocarpa T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga lineata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga litoralis N.Zamora Accepted H ILDIS
Inga longiflora Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga longifoliola Cowan Accepted H ILDIS
Inga longipedunculata Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga longipes Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga longispica Standl. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga lopadadenia Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga loretana J.F.Macbr. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga luschnathiana Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga macarenensis Philipson Accepted H ILDIS
Inga macrantha Johnston Accepted H ILDIS
Inga macrophylla Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga manabiensis T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga marginata Kunth Accepted M TRO
Inga maritima Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga martinicensis C.Presl Accepted H ILDIS
Inga maynensis Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga medellinensis Uribe Accepted H ILDIS
Inga megalobotrys T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga megaphylla Poncy & Vester Accepted H ILDIS
Inga meissneriana Miq. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga melinonis Sagot Accepted H ILDIS
Inga mendoncaei Harms Accepted L ILDIS
Inga mexicana (T.D. Penn.) M. Sousa Accepted M TRO
Inga micheliana Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga micradenia Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga microcalyx Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga microdonta Britton & Killip Accepted H ILDIS
Inga microgyna Uribe Accepted H ILDIS
Inga mischantha Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga mortoniana Leon Accepted H ILDIS
Inga mucuna Walp. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga multicaulis Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga multijuga Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga multinervis T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga neblinensis L.Cardenas & De Martino Accepted H ILDIS
Inga negrensis Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga nobilis Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga nubigena A.R.Molina Accepted H ILDIS
Inga nubium Poncy Accepted H ILDIS
Inga nuda Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga nutans Mart. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga obidensis Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga oblanceolata Britton & Killip Accepted H ILDIS
Inga obscura J.F.Macbr. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga obtusa Benth. Accepted L ILDIS
Inga obtusata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga odoratissima Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga oerstediana Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga olivacea Sprague Accepted H ILDIS
Inga organensis Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Inga ornifolia Kunth Accepted L ILDIS
Inga ouraphylla Uribe Accepted H ILDIS
Inga pachyphylla Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga pallida Rusby Accepted H ILDIS
Inga paludicola A.R.Molina Accepted H ILDIS
Inga panurensis Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga paraensis Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga pardoana Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga paterno Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga pauciflora Walp. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga pavoniana G.Don Accepted H ILDIS
Inga pezizifera Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga pilosa Uribe Accepted H ILDIS
Inga pilosula (Rich.) J.F.Macbr. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga pinetorum Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Inga platyptera Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga plumifera Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga pluricarpellata T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga poeppigiana Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga polita Britton & Killip Accepted H ILDIS
Inga polyantha Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga porcata T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga portobellensis Beurl. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga praegnans T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga pruriens Poepp. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga pseudofastuosa Britton & Killip Accepted H ILDIS
Inga pseudoinvolucrata M.Sousa Accepted H ILDIS
Inga pseudospuria Britton & Killip Accepted H ILDIS
Inga psittacorum Uribe Accepted H ILDIS
Inga pulchriflora Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga punctata Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga quadrangularis Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga quaternata Poepp. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga racemiflora Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga radiata Rusby Accepted H ILDIS
Inga retinocarpa Poncy Accepted H ILDIS
Inga rhabdotocalyx Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga rhynchocalyx Sandwith Accepted H ILDIS
Inga ricardorum Bernardi & Spichiger Accepted H ILDIS
Inga riopalenquensis A.H.Gentry Accepted H ILDIS
Inga rondonii Hoehne Accepted L ILDIS
Inga rubiginosa (Rich.) DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga rugosa Rusby Accepted H ILDIS
Inga ruiziana G.Don Accepted H ILDIS
Inga rusbyi Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Inga saffordiana Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Inga salicifoliola T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga saltensis Burkart Accepted H ILDIS
Inga salzmanniana Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga samanensis Uribe Accepted H ILDIS
Inga santaremnensis Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga sapindoides Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga sarayacuensis T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga schiedeana Steud. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga schinifolia Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga sellowiana Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga semialata (Vell.) C.Mart. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga semiglabra Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Inga sertulifera DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga sessilis (Vell.) Mart. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga setosa G.Don Accepted H ILDIS
Inga sierrae Britton & Killip Accepted H ILDIS
Inga silanchensis T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga sinacae M.Sousa & Ibarra-Manriquez Accepted H ILDIS
Inga skutchii Standl. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga sodiroi Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga spectabilis (Vahl) Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga spiralis Liesner & D'Arcy Accepted H ILDIS
Inga splendens Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga squamigera Leon Accepted H ILDIS
Inga standleyana Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Inga steinbachii Harms Accepted L ILDIS
Inga stenocalyx Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga stenophylla Standl. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga stenopoda Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Inga stenoptera Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga stipulacea G.Don Accepted H ILDIS
Inga stipularis DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga striata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga striolata T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga suaveolens Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga suberosa T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga subnuda Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga suborbicularis T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga tapajozensis Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga tarapotensis Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga tayronaensis T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga tenuicalyx T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga tenuifolia Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga tenuiloba N.Zamora & T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga tenuipedunculata Leon Accepted H ILDIS
Inga tenuirama Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga tenuistipula Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga tessmannii Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga thibaudiana DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga titiribiana Britton & Killip Accepted H ILDIS
Inga tocacheana D.R.Simpson Accepted H ILDIS
Inga tomentosa Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga tonduzii Donn.Sm. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga tubaeformis Benoist Accepted H ILDIS
Inga tysonii T.S.Elias Accepted H ILDIS
Inga ulei Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga umbellifera (Vahl) DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga umbratica Poepp. & Endl. Accepted M TRO
Inga unica Barneby & J.W.Grimes Accepted H ILDIS
Inga urabensis Uribe Accepted H ILDIS
Inga uraguensis Hook. & Arn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga urceolata N.Zamora Accepted H ILDIS
Inga ursi Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Inga vallensis T.S.Elias Accepted H ILDIS
Inga velutina Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga venosa Griseb. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga venusta Standl. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga vera Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga vestita Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga villosissima Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga virescens Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga virgultosa Desv. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga vismiifolia Poepp. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga vulpina Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga wittiana Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Inga xinguensis Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Inga yacoana J.F.Macbr. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga yasuniana T.D.Penn. Accepted H ILDIS
Inga yunckeri Standl. Accepted H ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 839 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Inga. Of these 370 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 55 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Inga. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 839 species names for the genus Inga recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 370 44.1%
◕ Synonym 370 44.1%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 99 11.8%

All names

The status of the 894 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Inga recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 385 43.1%
◕ Synonym 410 45.9%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 99 11.1%

Of these names,

A further 6 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 839 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Inga, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 351 322 0 0 673 80.2%
Medium confidence 9 40 0 0 49 5.8%
Low confidence 10 8 0 99 117 13.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Inga, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
ILDIS 361 324 0 0 6 691 82.4%
Tropicos 9 46 0 19 0 74 8.8%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 80 0 80 9.5%