Tachigali

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Caesalpinieae
Genus: Tachigali
Species: T. acrensis – T. alba – T. albiflora – T. amplifolia – T. argyrophylla – T. aurea – T. barnebyi – T. beaurepairei – T. bicornuta – T. bracteosa – T. candelabrum – T. catingae – T. cavipes – T. cenepensis – T. chrysaloides – T. chrysophylla – T. colombiana – T. costaricensis – T. davidsei – T. densiflora – T. denudata – T. duckei – T. dwyeri – T. eriopetala – T. ferruginea – T. floribunda – T. formicarum – T. friburgensis – T. fusca – T. glauca – T. goeldiana – T. grandiflora – T. grandistipulata – T. guianensis – T. hypoleuca – T. inconspicua – T. leiocalyx – T. longiflora – T. loretensis – T. macbridei – T. macropetala – T. macrostachya – T. melanocarpa – T. melinonii – T. micropetala – T. odoratissima – T. panamensis – T. paniculata – T. paraensis – T. paratyensis – T. peruviana – T. physophora – T. pilgeriana – T. pilosa – T. pimichinensis – T. plumbea – T. poeppigiana – T. prancei – T. ptychophysca – T. pubiflora – T. richardiana – T. rigida – T. rubiginosa – T. rugosa – T. schultesiana – T. setifera – T. sphathulipetala – T. subvelutina – T. tinctoria – T. urbaniana – T. vaupesiana – T. venusta – T. versicolor – T. vulgaris
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tachigali in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jul 22. Reference page.

Name

Tachigali Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 372, pl. 143, f. 1. (1775)

Type species: Tachigali paniculata Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 372, pl. 143, f. 1. (1775)

Synonyms

Cuba Scop.
Cubaea Schreb.
Sclerolobium Vogel
Tachia Pers.
Valentinia Neck.

References
Primary references

Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 372, pl. 143, f. 1. BHL

Additional references

van der Werf, H. 2008. A Synopsis of the Genus Tachigali (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) in Northern South America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 95(4): 618–661. DOI: 10.3417/2007159

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tachigali in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jul 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Tachigali. Published online. Accessed: Jul 22 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Tachigali. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 22.
Hassler, M. Jul. Tachigali. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. Jul. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: Jul 22 {{{3}}}. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Suicide Trees, Ant-loving Trees
русский: Тахигали

Tachigali is a flowering plant genus in the legume family (Fabaceae) that contains 54 species.[2]

Species include:

Tachigali multijuga Benth. (= T. paratyensis (Vell.) H.C. Lima)
Tachigali myrmecophila[3]
Tachigali paniculata Aubl. – Carvoeiro
Tachigali paraensis (Huber) Barneby
Tachigali tessmannii
Tachigali versicolor Standl. & L.O.Williams – "suicide tree"
References

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.
van der Werff, Henk (2008). "A Synopsis of the Genus Tachigali (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) in Northern South America". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 95 (4): 618–661. doi:10.3417/2007159.

Fonseca, C. R. (1994). "Herbivory and the Long-Lived Leaves of an Amazonian Ant-Tree" (PDF). Journal of Ecology. 82 (4): 833–842. doi:10.2307/2261447. JSTOR 2261447.

Further reading
Van Der Werff, H. (2008). "A Synopsis of the Genus Tachigali (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) in Northern South America1". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 95 (4): 618–661. doi:10.3417/2007159.