Tara (plant)
| Tara | |
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| Tara spinosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Tribe: | Caesalpinieae |
| Genus: | Tara Molina (1810) |
| Type species | |
| Tara spinosa (Feuillé ex Molina) Britton & Rose
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| Species[1] | |
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| Synonyms[2][1] | |
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Tara is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes three species of trees and shrubs native to the tropical Americas, from northern Mexico through Central America, the Caribbean, and western South America to Bolivia and Central Chile. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest and semi-arid thorn scrub.[1] It belongs to tribe Caesalpinieae[2] of subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[3]
Species[edit]
Tara comprises the following species:[2]
- Tara cacalaco (Humb. & Bonpl.) Molinari & Sánchez Och.
- Tara spinosa (Feuillé ex Molina) Britton & Rose — Tara (Peru)
- Tara vesicaria (L.) Molinari, Sánchez Och. & Mayta
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Tara Molina. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ a b c Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP. (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.
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