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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Inga

Hierarchical position of the Genus Inga

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Fabales Bromhead pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838. common name: legumes       Familia  Mimosaceae R. Br. in Flinders pub. Voy. Terra Austr. 2: 551. 19 Jul 1814.       Tribus  Ingeae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 1: 437. 19 Oct 1865.    Genus  Inga Mill. pub. (1754) common name: inga

Named members of the Genus Inga

1	Species  edulis C. Martius common name: icecreambean
2	Species  fagifolia (L.) Willd. ex Benth., non G. Don syn. Inga laurina
3	Species  inga (L.) Britt. syn. Inga vera
4	Species  ingoides (L.C. Rich.) Willd. common name: icecream bean
5	Species  laurina (Sw.) Willd. common name: sacky sac bean
6	Species  nobilis Willd.
	7    Subspecies  quaternata (Poepp. & Endl.) T.D. Pennington common name: guama venezolano
8	Species  quaternata Poepp. & Endl. syn. Inga nobilis ssp. quaternata
9	Species  vera Willd. common name: river koko

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.