Tara (plant) explained

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. It belongs to tribe Caesalpinieae^[1] of subfamily Caesalpinioideae.^[2]

Species

Tara comprises the following species:^[1]

• Tara cacalaco (Humb. & Bonpl.) Molinari & Sánchez Och.
• Tara spinosa (Feuillé ex Molina) Britton & Rose — Tara (Peru)

• Tara vesicaria (L.) Molinari, Sánchez Och. & Mayta

Notes and References

1. 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 . 10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203 . 28814915 . 5558824 . free .
2. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). . 2017 . A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny . . 66 . 1 . 44–77 . 10.12705/661.3. free . 10568/90658 . free .