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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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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

  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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