Inga marginata Willdenow (1806: 1015)

Rauber, Cristiane Ritter, Lima, Laura Cristina Pires, Caxambu, Marcelo Galeazzi & Temponi, Lívia Godinho, 2021, Synopsis of Leguminosae from Iguaçu National Park, Paraná, Brazil, Phytotaxa 501 (2), pp. 245-280 : 261

30. Inga marginata Willdenow (1806: 1015) . ( Fig. 4I – Fig. 5I )

Distribution: In Brazil it occurs in states of all regions ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in all areas.

Reproductive period: It flowers throughout the year, fruits from November to May ( Possette & Rodrigues 2010). In ParNa Iguaçu it was found in flower in February, March, from June to December and in fruit in February, April, May, August and November.

Diagnostic characteristics: The species of this genus are recognized by their arboreal habit with pinnate leaves, extra-floral nectaries between leaflet pairs and numerous, whitish stamens. I. marginata possesses a thin, sometimes inconspicuous foliar rachis compared to the other species occurring in ParNA Iguaçu.

Conservation: Native-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 1, Céu Azul , 20 December 2015, (fl., fr.), M.G. Caxambu 6775 ( EVB, HCF) ; Area 2, Capanema , 2 September 2019, (fl.), C.R. Rauber et al. 417 ( UNOP) ; Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 18 August 2018, (fl.), C.R. Rauber et al. 142 ( EVB, UNOP) .

Figures

FIGURE 4. A: Dalbergia frutescens, branches with fruit; B and C: Desmodium affine: B: inflorescence; C: fruit; D, E and F: Desmodium incanum: D: branch with inflorescence; E: stipule; F: flower; G: Erythrina falcata, inflorescence; H: Gleditsia amorphoides, thorns; I: Inga marginata, branch with inflorescence; J: Inga striata, branch with inflorescence; K: Inga vera, branch with inflorescence; L: Lonchocarpus cultratus, branch with inflorescence. (Rauber CR 2018)

FIGURE 5. A: Dalbergia frutescens, branch with fruit; B: Desmodium adscendens, branch with fruit; C: Desmodium uncinatum, branch with fruit; D: Enterolobium contortisiliquum, branch with fruit; E and F: Erythrina falcata: E: branch; F: glandular stipules; G: Holocalyx balansae, fruit; H: Indigofera suffruticosa, branch with fruit; I: Inga marginata, branch with inflorescence; J: Machaerium nyctitans, stem with prickles.