Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Tachi-Preto, Tachy
Description
Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly pinnate, sometimes bipinnate, rarely apparently simple . Corolla usually showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal innermost in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, distinct , usually not showy, some commonly reduced to staminodes. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) usually lacking. [Carr]
Physical Description
Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
()
- Tribe:
Caesalpinieae
()
- Genus:
Tachigali
()
- Aublet, 1775
- Specific epithet:
myrmecophila
- (Ducke)Ducke
- Botanical name: - Tachigali myrmecophila (Ducke)Ducke
- Specific epithet:
myrmecophila
- (Ducke)Ducke
- Genus:
Tachigali
(
- Tribe:
Caesalpinieae
(
- Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Sclerolobium myrmecophilum Ducke • Tachigalia myrmecophila (Ducke)ducke
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Conservation
Status: Insufficiently
known, Habit: Tree
, Lifespan: Perennial
Last scrutiny: 1993
Similar Species
Members of the genus Tachigali
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
T. cavipes (Tachyzeiro) · T. chrysophylla (Inagauçú Preto) · T. myrmecophila (Tachi-Preto) · T. paniculata (Tachy) · T. paniculata var. alba (Tachy Branco Da Terre Firme) · T. pubiflora (Yawaridan) · T. rusbyi (Taki) · T. versicolor (Suicide Tree)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
- ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Zarucchi JL, 1993 (from ILDIS).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Herbier de la Guyane
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2864211
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-7063
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:248961-2
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 248961-2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 429036
