Tocantinia (genus)
| Tocantinia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Tribe: | Hippeastreae |
| Subtribe: | Hippeastrinae |
| Genus: | Tocantinia Ravenna[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Tocantinia mira Ravenna | |
Watershed of Araguaia and Tocantins river systems (yellow), through Tocantins State (outlined), Brazil
Tocantinia is a monotypic genus of herbaceous perennial bulbous plants flowering plants in the Amaryllis (Amaryllidaceae) family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae.
Description
Flowers are single, the stigma capitate. Spathe bracts are lanceolate, with a single valve.[3][4]
Taxonomy
Once placed in its own tribe (Tocantinieae) by Ravenna, it is now located in subtribe Hippeastrinae of tribe Hippeastreae.[1] The sole species is Tocantinia mira, which is found in central Brazil (Tocantins State).[2][5][3]
Distribution and habitat
Tocantinia mira grows in a dry forest between the rivers Araguaia and Tocantins.[6]
References
Bibliography
- "The Plant List: a working list of all known plant species. Version: 1.1". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. September 2013.
- "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- García, Nicolás; Meerow, Alan W.; Soltis, Douglas E.; Soltis, Pamela S. (1 March 2014). "Testing Deep Reticulate Evolution in Amaryllidaceae Tribe Hippeastreae (Asparagales) with ITS and Chloroplast Sequence Data". Systematic Botany 39 (1): 75–89. doi:10.1600/036364414X678099.
- Ravenna, P. F. (2000). "Tocantinia and Cearanthes, two new genera, and Tocantinieae new tribe, of Brazilian Amarylidaceae". Onira 5 (3): 9–43.
- Byng, James W. (2014). The Flowering Plants Handbook: A Practical Guide to Families and Genera of the World. Plant Gateway Ltd. ISBN 978-0992999308.
- "Pacific Bulb Society". Pacific Bulb Society. 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
External links
- Tocantinia at JSTOR
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