Tachigali
Encyclopedia
Tachigali is a flowering plant
genus
in the legume family
(Fabaceae
) that contains 54 species.
Species
include:
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the legume family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
(Fabaceae
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
) that contains 54 species.
Species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
include:
- Tachigali multijuga Benth. (= T. paratyensis (Vell.) H.C. Lima)
- Tachigali myrmecophila
- Tachigali paniculata Aubl. – Carvoeiro
- Tachigali paraensis (Huber) Barneby
- Tachigali tessmanniiTachigali tessmanniiTachigali tessmannii is a species of leguminous species of tree in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in Peru.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
- Tachigali versicolorTachigali versicolorTachigali versicolor or the suicide tree is a species of tree found from Costa Rica to western Colombia. It is monocarpic, flowering only once before dying, which gives rise to its common name of the "suicide tree".-Reproduction:...
Standl. & L.O.Williams – "suicide treeSuicide treeSuicide tree may refer to at least two different plant species:*Cerbera odollam so called because it is toxic.*Tachigali versicolor so called because it reproduces once before dying....
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