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Inga

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Inga Scopoli
1919Inga Knowlton
1941Inga MacGinitie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderFabalesBromhead 1838
familyFabaceaeLindley 1836
genusIngaScopoli 1777

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Inga Scopoli 1777
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Inga cretacea Lesquereux 1891
Inga heterophylla Knowlton 1918
Inga ionensis MacGinitie 1941
Inga laurinafolia Berry 1916
Inga mississippiensis Berry 1916
Inga puryearensis Berry 1916
Inga wickliffensis Berry 1916
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 56.00000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Venezuela (Anzoategui) I. kugleri (31247)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Dominican Republic (Samana) I. sanchezensis (31231) I. sp. (31232)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) I. laurinafolia (98211)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene56.0 - 5.333Argentina I. patagonica (32201)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) I. ionensis (23997)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Venezuela (Falcon) I. sp. (31279)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Brazil (Bahia) I. myrianthafolia (32010)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Venezuela (Zulia) I. reissi, I. sp. (31273)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Cuba (Matanzas) I. leonii, I. miocenica (32044)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Ecuador I. lojaensis, I. engelhardti (32188)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Costa Rica I. sheroliensis (31313)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Mexico (Vera Cruz) I. miocenica (32066)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Colombia I. lojana, I. reissi (32182)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Trinidad and Tobago I. kugleri (34145)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador (Azuay) I. sp. (31037 31038)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Bolivia (Potosi) I. ochseniusi (32143)