Ingeae

Ingeae
	Pacay (Inga feuillei)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Tribe:	Ingeae
	The range of the tribe Ingeae.

Ingeae is a tribe of leguminous plants in the subfamily Mimosoideae of flowering plants in the pea family. They are neotropical trees and large trees in the legume family (Fabaceae). They grow from Mexico to Argentina. Most of the species can be found in the Amazon Basin and the Guyana Highlands. They have a deep-green fernlike foliage, with bipinnately compound leaves. Some species have lauroid type leaves. Some are spiny trees and shrubs found in subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas. The ripe pods eventually fall to the ground and are eaten by various mammals, thereby dispersing the seed.

Some Ingeae species are used for their hard wood, in others that are widely cultivated, the fruits are legume pods that contain large amounts of sugar and are edible. Others are used as ornamental trees in gardens. The seeds of some species are used as animal and human food.^{[citation needed]}

Taxonomic history

Britton & Rose (1928)^{[citation needed]} divided the Ingeae into several smaller genera^{[clarification needed]} based on stipule characteristics, inflorescence type, leaf texture, mode of legume dehiscence, form of the fruit, and the presence of a seed aril.

Genera^{[citation needed]}

Abarema Pittier
Albizia Durazz.
Archidendron F.Muell.
Archidendropsis I.C.Nielsen
Balizia Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Blanchetiodendron Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Calliandra Benth.
Cathormion (Benth.) Hassk.
Cedrelinga Ducke
Chloroleucon (Benth.) Britton & Rose^[1]
(often included in Albizia)

Cojoba Britton & Rose
Ebenopsis Britton & Rose
Enterolobium Mart.
Faidherbia A.Chev.
Falcataria (I.C.Nielsen) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Guinetia L.Rico & M.Sousa
Havardia Small
Hesperalbizia Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Hydrochorea Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Inga Mill.

Leucochloron Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Lysiloma Benth.
Macrosamanea Britton & Rose
Painteria Britton & Rose
Pararchidendron I.C.Nielsen
Paraserianthes I.C.Nielsen
Pithecellobium Mart.
Pseudosamanea Harms
Samanea (DC.) Merr.^[2]
(often included in Albizia)
Serianthes Benth.

Sphinga Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Thailentadopsis Kosterm.
Viguieranthus Villiers
Wallaceodendron Koord.
Zapoteca H.M.Hern.
Zygia P.Browne^[3]

References

^ "Chloroleucon (Benth.) Britton & Rose". Germplasm Resource Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
^ "Samanea (DC.) Merr". Germplasm Resource Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-02-10. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
^ "Genera of Fabaceae tribe Ingeae". Germplasm Resource Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-07-13.

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[1] "Chloroleucon (Benth.) Britton & Rose". Germplasm Resource Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2009-07-13.

[2] "Samanea (DC.) Merr". Germplasm Resource Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-02-10. Retrieved 2009-07-13.

[3] "Genera of Fabaceae tribe Ingeae". Germplasm Resource Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-07-13.

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Taxonomic history

Genera[citation needed]

References

Genera^{[citation needed]}