Taralea

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

Taralea
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Taralea

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Species[2][3]
  • Taralea cordata Ducke
  • Taralea crassifolia (Benth.) Ducke
  • Taralea oppositifolia Aubl.
  • Taralea phaeophylla (Steyerm.) H.C. Lima
  • Taralea reticulata (Benth.) Ducke

Taralea can be distinguished from other members of the Dipterygeae by:

a black and rugose petiolule; an elliptical, hairy ovary; a legume with elastic dehiscence; a circular, oval, compressed seed with a basal hilum; and an embryo that displays a cleft below the radical–hypocotyl axis and an inconspicuous plumule.[4]

References

  1. Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk B-E, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
  2. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Taralea". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  3. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Taralea". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  4. Gonçalves Leite V, Freitas Mansano V, Pádua Teixeira S (2014). "Floral ontogeny in Dipterygeae (Fabaceae) reveals new insights into one of the earliest branching tribes in papilionoid legumes". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (4): 529–550. doi:10.1111/boj.12158.


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