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Internal ID UUID643fd73ad7b40675775418
Scientific name Inga spectabilis
Authority (Vahl) Willd.
First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 1017 (1806)

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Inga spectabilis is a type of plant that belongs to the Fabaceae family. It is found in Central America and the Andean regions, specifically in Bolivia. Its fruiting pod has a unique blade-like shape, which has given it the nickname "machete ice-cream-bean" or "Guamo Macheto/Guaba Machete".

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Inga heteroptera Benth. London J. Bot.4: 610 (1845)
Inga fulgens Kunth Mimoses: 36 (1824)
Inga smithii Britton Ann. New York Acad. Sci.35: 117 (1936)
Inga lucida Kunth F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp.6: 287 (1824)
Feuilleea spectabilis (Vahl) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl.1: 189 (1891)
Mimosa spectabilis Vahl Skr. Naturhist.-Selsk.2(1): 219 (1792)
Inga schimpffii Harms Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.43: 112 (1938)
Inga spectabilis var. schimpfii (Harms) Little Phytologia19: 268 (1970)
Feuilleea heteroptera (Benth.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl.1: 188 (1891)

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  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Galápagos
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000173672
Tropicos 13021384
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1122303-2
The Plant List ild-19814
Open Tree Of Life 19662
NCBI Taxonomy 486084
IUCN Red List 129739032
IPNI 1122303-2
iNaturalist 287653
GBIF 5357491
EOL 639892
USDA GRIN 20094
Wikipedia Inga_spectabilis

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Method for selecting ornamental species for different shading intensity in urban green spaces Francini A, Toscano S, Ferrante A, Romano D Front Plant Sci 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10582628
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1271341
PMID:37860234
Current Status of Phytoseiid Mites as Biological Control Agents in Latin America and Experiences from Argentina Using Neoseiulus californicus Vásquez C, Colmenárez YC, Greco N, Ramos M Neotrop Entomol 22-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10997537
doi:10.1007/s13744-023-01026-4
PMID:36811713
CAM photosynthesis: the acid test Winter K, Smith JA New Phytol 05-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC9298356
doi:10.1111/nph.17790
PMID:34637529
Mechanisms driving plant functional trait variation in a tropical forest Hofhansl F, Chacón‐Madrigal E, Brännström Å, Dieckmann U, Franklin O Ecol Evol 13-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8093716
doi:10.1002/ece3.7256
PMID:33976780
Hybrid capture of 964 nuclear genes resolves evolutionary relationships in the mimosoid legumes and reveals the polytomous origins of a large pantropical radiation Koenen EJ, Kidner C, de Souza ÉR, Simon MF, Iganci JR, Nicholls JA, Brown GK, de Queiroz LP, Luckow M, Lewis GP, Pennington RT, Hughes CE Am J Bot 30-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7839790
doi:10.1002/ajb2.1568
PMID:33253423
The Origin of the Legumes is a Complex Paleopolyploid Phylogenomic Tangle Closely Associated with the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) Mass Extinction Event Koenen EJ, Ojeda DI, Bakker FT, Wieringa JJ, Kidner C, Hardy OJ, Pennington RT, Herendeen PS, Bruneau A, Hughes CE Syst Biol 31-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC8048389
doi:10.1093/sysbio/syaa041
PMID:32483631
Dataset of permanent plots of trees with dbh >10cm in Mashpi rainforest biodiversity reserve, a remnant of the Chocó forest in Northern Ecuador Toasa G, Morochz C, Oleas NH Data Brief 12-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7327807
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.105845
PMID:32637474
trnL outperforms rbcL as a DNA metabarcoding marker when compared with the observed plant component of the diet of wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus, Primates) Mallott EK, Garber PA, Malhi RS PLoS One 26-Jun-2018
PMCID:PMC6019260
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0199556
PMID:29944686
Is local trait variation related to total range size of tropical trees? Chacón-Madrigal E, Wanek W, Hietz P, Dullinger S PLoS One 07-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC5841763
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0193268
PMID:29513689
The evolution of bat pollination: a phylogenetic perspective Fleming TH, Geiselman C, Kress WJ Ann Bot 29-Sep-2009
PMCID:PMC2766192
doi:10.1093/aob/mcp197
PMID:19789175
Plant-derived sweetening agents: saccharide and polyol constituents of some sweet-tasting plants. Hussain RA, Lin YM, Poveda LJ, Bordas E, Chung BS, Pezzuto JM, Soejarto DD, Kinghorn AD J Ethnopharmacol 01-Feb-1990
doi:10.1016/0378-8741(90)90067-4
PMID:2314108

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(2R,3S,4S,5R)-2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexanal 3037556 Click to see C(C(C(C(C(C=O)O)O)O)O)O 180.16 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(90)90067-4

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