Inga micheliana Harms

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IUCN Red List Assessment:
Red List Category

LR/lc
Lower Risk/least concern

Red List Criteria

Version

2.3

Year Assessed

1998
  • Needs updating

Assessor/s

Mitr, M.

Reviewer/s

Contributor/s

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Conservation Actions:

Conservation Actions

Although, threatened in some countries, such as Panama, most high mountain areas are protected to some degree.
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Para leña.

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Inga micheliana:

Inga micheliana, known as the Cuajiniquil, Guaba De Montaña, Guajinicuil, or Jacanaquil, is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.

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Range Description:

From Mexico to Panama.

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Distribucion en Costa Rica: Cordillera de Tilarán, Cordillera Central, cerranías del Valle Central y Fila Costeña. Elevación 1200-2000 m.
Distribucion General: Desde México hasta Panamá.

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Árbol.

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Árbol de hasta 12 m de altura; ramitas densamente ferrugíneo-pubescentes y lenticeladas; estípulas hasta 3 mm de largo, decíduas. Hojas con 3-4 (-5) pares de folíolos, elípticos a ovados, ápice obtuso, glabros o pubescentes en el envés, el par distal de 3-10 (-15) por 1.5-5 cm , par basal de 1.5-5.5 por 1-3 cm; raquis alado, glándulas interfoliolares sésiles o corto-estípitadas; pecíolo cilíndrico o alado.

Inflorescencias espigas, pedúnculo 2 -3.5 cm de largo, raquis floral 1.5-3 cm de largo. Flores cáliz 3-5 mm de largo; corola 5-6 mm de largo. Frutos aplanados, 4-14 por 1.5-2.5 cm, ferrugíneo-pubescente. Se puede confundir con I. densiflora http://darnis/ubi2/FMPro?-db=ubi&-format=record%5fdetail.htm&-lay=weball&-sortfield=nombre%20cientifico&-sortfield=version&-op=cn&nombre%20cientifico=densiflora&-max=20&-recid=34766&-find=" > (Ver descripción) , pero en esta última las brácteas (4-6 mm) y la corola son más grandes. Además se reconoce porque los frutos son glabros o casi glabros, y más anchos. Nota: Ver estructuras ilustradas en: http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/FMPro?-db=imagenes2.fp3&key=34521&-img" > (Glosario 1) y http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/FMPro?-db=imagenes2.fp3&key=34522&-img" > (Glosario 2) .
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Holotype for Inga cobanensis Pittier
Catalog Number: US 942600
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. von Türckheim
Year Collected: 1887
Locality: Cobán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Central America
Elevation (m): 1450 to 1450

  • Holotype: Pittier, H. F. 1916. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 188.
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Isotype for Inga micheliana Harms
Catalog Number: US 943392
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): E. T. Heyde & E. Lux
Year Collected: 1892
Locality: Rio Negro., Quiché, Guatemala, Central America
Elevation (m): 1097

  • Isotype: Harms, H. A.T. 1915. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 525.
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