Tara (plant)

Tara is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Tara
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae[1]
Tribe:
Caesalpinieae[2]
Genus:
Tara

(Molina 1789) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
Type species
Tara spinosa
(Feuillé ex Molina) Britton & Rose
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Nicarago Britton & Rose
  • Russellodendron Britton & Rose. 1930

Species

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
  1. 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.
  2. Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP. (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys. 71 (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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