Taralea

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: Faboideae
Tribus: Dipterygeae
Genus: Taralea
Species: T. cordata – T. crassifolia – T. nudipes – T. oppositifolia – T. reticulata
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Taralea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 25. Reference page.

Name

Taralea Aubl., 1775

Type species: Taralea oppositifolia Aubl.

Synonyms

Bolducia Neck.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: S. Tropical America
Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
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 2. Pp. 622–976, tabl. 1–52, misc. 1–160. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 745

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Taralea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Taralea. Published online. Accessed: Nov 25 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Taralea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 25.
Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names

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

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.[3]

References

"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Taralea". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
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.
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.