Tachigali

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

Tachigali
Flowering T. paniculata in Bonfinópolis de Minas, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae[1]
Genus:	Tachigali Aubl.
Species
Several, see text
Synonyms
Cuba Scop. Tachigalia (unjustified emendation)

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

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. 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.
3. 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.