Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Tachi Branco, Tachy Branco Da Terre Firme
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]
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
()
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- 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:
paniculata
- (Ducke)Dwyer
- Variety:
alba
- Botanical name: - Tachigali paniculata var. alba (Ducke)Dwyer
- Variety:
alba
- Specific epithet:
paniculata
- (Ducke)Dwyer
- Genus:
Tachigali
(
- Tribe:
Caesalpinieae
(
- Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Tachigali alba Ducke • Tachigalia paniculata var. alba (Ducke)dwyer
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Conservation
Status: Not Threatened,
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
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-7064
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13668581
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:248962-2
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 248962-2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1478345
