Biology:Tocantinia mira
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Short description: Species of herb
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Scientific classification 
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| Species: | T. mira
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| Tocantinia mira Ravenna
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Tocantinia is a monotypic genus of herbaceous perennial bulbous flowering plants in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. The sole species is Tocantinia mira.
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ravenna 2000.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 TPL 2013, Tocantinia.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Garcia et al 2014.
- ↑ Byng 2014, p. 88.
- ↑ WCLSPF 2015, Tocantinia.
- ↑ PBS 2012, Saviello M. 15 Jun 2011.
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. http://www.theplantlist.org/.
- "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/.
- 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=yoLaBAAAQBAJ.
- "Pacific Bulb Society". Pacific Bulb Society. 2012. http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/.
External links
- Tocantinia at JSTOR
Wikidata ☰ Q15505916 entry
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