Tachia smithii Maguire & Weaver

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Gentianaceae > Tachia

Characteristics

Small tree or shrub, up to 4 m high, branched. Branches 0.3-0.6 cm in diam., terete, not winged; internodes 4.5-9 cm long. Leaves petiolate, arranged along stem; petiole 0.8-1.4 cm long; blade membranaceous, elliptic, 10.3-18.1 x 3.2-7.2 cm, margin flat, apex acute to suddenly acuminate, base attenuate. Flowers solitary or in pairs; calyx yellowish green to green, 17-25 x 6 mm, lobes ovate, 6-11 x 3-5 mm, margin membranaceous, apex acute; corolla white or light green, funnel-shaped, 65-73 mm long, 10-19 mm wide at mouth, lobes ovate, 9-17 x 8-11 mm, apex acuminate, with darker tip; stamens not extending beyond corolla lobes, filaments 35-57 mm long, strongly bent towards apex, anthers white, elliptic, 3-4 mm long, bent after anthesis; pollen exine unknown; pistil ca. 58 mm long, ovary 8 mm long, style 50 mm long, stigma lobe elliptic, 4-5 x 4-5 mm. Fruit unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Tachia smithii world distribution map, present in Brazil and Guyana

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:248948-2
WFO ID wfo-0001063657
COL ID 7BDV4
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Synonyms

Tachia smithii