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This article is about a Brazilian plant. For the Brazilian city of the same name, see Tocantinia.

Tocantinia
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Species:
Template:Taxonomy/TocantiniaT. mira
Binomial name
Template:Taxonomy/TocantiniaTocantinia 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 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. ^ a b Ravenna 2000.
  2. ^ a b TPL 2013, Tocantinia.
  3. ^ a b Garcia et al 2014.
  4. ^ Byng 2014, p. 88.
  5. ^ WCLSPF 2015, Tocantinia.
  6. ^ 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.
  • "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. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Byng, James W. (2014). The Flowering Plants Handbook: A Practical Guide to Families and Genera of the World. Plant Gateway Ltd. ISBN 978-0992999308. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • "Pacific Bulb Society". Pacific Bulb Society. 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
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