Fabaceae
Inga

Inga inicuil Schltdl. & Cham. ex G.Don

First published in Gen. Hist. 2: 391 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Mexico to Peru. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Peru

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • 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.
  • Niembro Rocas, A., Vázquez Torres, M. & Sáchez Sáchez, O. (2010). Árboles de Veracruz 100 especies para la reforstación estratégica: 1-253. Gombierno del Estado de Veracruz, México.
  • 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.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • 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.
  • Niembro Rocas, A., Vázquez Torres, M. & Sáchez Sáchez, O. (2010). Árboles de Veracruz 100 especies para la reforstación estratégica: 1-253. Gombierno del Estado de Veracruz, México.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1997). The genus Inga botany: 1-488. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Stevens, W. D., et al. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua, 85(2)... Missouri Bot. Gard. Press

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 30, 2012 Cruz Espinosa, C.A.; et al. [2649] Mexico K000845069 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Martínez S., E.M. [19313] Mexico K000563872 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Rivera H., J.; Salas M., S.; Elorsa C., M. [2300] Mexico K000563874 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Bilimek [135] Mexico K000563868 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Vazquez T., V. [285] Mexico K000563873 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Matuda, E. [2075] Mexico K000563870 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Sousa S., M.; Martinez, A.M.A.; Téllez, O.; Magellanes, A.S. [5307] Mexico K000563869 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Martínez S., E.M. [20718] Mexico K000563871 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Botteri [1037] Mexico K000563867 Yes
Martínez S., E.M. [20718] Mexico K000564146 Yes
Salas M., S.H.; Rivera H., J.; Elorsa C., M. [2761] Mexico K000563875 Yes
Jun 29, 2011 Amith, J.; Mendoza, P. [1497] Mexico Inga jinicuil K000724750 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Jurgensen, C. [594] Mexico Inga jinicuil K000563859 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Bourgeau, E. [2041] Mexico Inga jinicuil K000563858 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Bourgeau, E. [2855] Mexico Inga jinicuil K000563862 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Sumichrast [1037] Mexico Inga jinicuil K000563864 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Pringle, C.G. [8134] Mexico Inga jinicuil K000563863 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Conzatti, C. [5173] Mexico Inga jinicuil K000563860 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Bourgeau, E. [2043] Mexico Inga jinicuil K000563861 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Sousa S., M.; Martínez, S.E.; Reyes García, A. [13174] Mexico Inga jinicuil K000564135 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Martínez S., E.M.; García, A. [22146] Mexico Inga jinicuil K000564191 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Martínez S., E.M.; García, A. [22146] Mexico Inga jinicuil K000563865 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Sousa S., M.; Martínez, E.; Reyes, A. [13174] Mexico Inga jinicuil K000563866 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Sousa S., M.; Martínez, E.; Reyes García, A. [13173] Mexico Inga jinicuil K000564136 Yes
Morton; Makrinus, E. [2414] Mexico Inga jinicuil K000563857 Yes
Morton; Makrinus, E. [2528] Mexico Inga jinicuil K000563856 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Sarukhán K., J.; Sinaca, S. [15960] Mexico Inga jinicuil K000661892 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images