Inga mucuna

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	FABALES	LEGUMINOSAE

Scientific Name:	Inga mucuna
Species Authority:	Walp. & Duchass.

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1c ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Mitré, M.

History:

1997

–

Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Range Description:	Throughout Panama and in Chocó and Antioquia in Colombia. The species is generally scarce except in the Canal area and in Darién National Park, Panama.
Countries:	Native: Colombia; Panama

Habitat and Ecology:	Subpopulations occur in lowland semi-deciduous rainforest, rarely in secondary forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Much of the unprotected forest at these low altitudes is exposed to increasing settlement, farming and agriculture.

Major Threat(s):

Much of the unprotected forest at these low altitudes is exposed to increasing settlement, farming and agriculture.

Citation:	Mitré, M. 1998. Inga mucuna. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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