Tachigali | |
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Flowering T. paniculata in Bonfinópolis de Minas, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Tachigali clade |
Genus: |
Tachigali Aubl. (1775) |
Species | |
Several, see text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Tachigali is a flowering plant genus in the legume family ( Fabaceae). It includes 74 species of trees native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. Typical habitats include tropical rain forest, lower montane forest, seasonally-flooded and non-flooded evergreen lowland forest and woodland, gallery and riparian forest, sometimes on white sands, cerrado and other dry woodland, and rocky grassland. [1] [2]
As of April 2023 [update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: [1]
Tachigali | |
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Flowering T. paniculata in Bonfinópolis de Minas, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Tachigali clade |
Genus: |
Tachigali Aubl. (1775) |
Species | |
Several, see text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Tachigali is a flowering plant genus in the legume family ( Fabaceae). It includes 74 species of trees native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. Typical habitats include tropical rain forest, lower montane forest, seasonally-flooded and non-flooded evergreen lowland forest and woodland, gallery and riparian forest, sometimes on white sands, cerrado and other dry woodland, and rocky grassland. [1] [2]
As of April 2023 [update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: [1]