Tara

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: Tara
Species: T. cacalaco – T. spinosa – T. vesicaria
Name

Tara Molina, Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili, ed. 2: 153 (1810)

Type species: Tara tinctoria Molina (= Tara spinosa (Molina) Britton & Rose)

Synonyms

Nicarago Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 319 (1930)
Russellodendron Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 320 (1930)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical America
Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile North, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela
Introduced into:
California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Florida, Jawa, Kenya, Namibia, Uganda, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Molina, J.I. 1810. Saggio sulla Storia Naturale del Chili. Seconda edizione. Bologna: Fratelli Masi e comp. Hathitrust Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tara in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 July 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Tara. Published online. Accessed: July 23 2019. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Tara. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 July 2019. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Tara is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes three species of trees and shrubs native to the tropical Americas, from northern Mexico through Central America, the Caribbean, and western South America to Bolivia and Central Chile. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest and semi-arid thorn scrub.[1] It belongs to tribe Caesalpinieae[2] of subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[3]
Species

Tara comprises the following species:[2]

Tara cacalaco (Humb. & Bonpl.) Molinari & Sánchez Och.
Tara spinosa (Feuillé ex Molina) Britton & Rose — Tara (Peru)
Tara vesicaria (L.) Molinari, Sánchez Och. & Mayta

References

Tara Molina. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP. (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.
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. hdl:10568/90658.