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updated: 01/19/11 

Tachia IMAGES
(Gentianaceae: Helieae: Tachia)
Tachia grandiflora

Photo: Scott Mori

Voucher: Mori 18002

Note: Green calyx without keeled wings on calyx lobes. Long, funnelshaped flowers with flat corolla lobes.

 

Tachia guianensis

French Guiana

Photo: Carol Gracie

Voucher: Mori 24439

Note: Spirally twisted corolla lobes. Long, fused, smooth, and tubular calyx.

 

Tachia occidentalis

Peru

Photo: Paul Maas

Voucher: Maas 6330

Note: Keeled calyx, short calyx lobes. Corolla lobes flat.

 

Tachia schomburgkiana

Venezuela, Río Cuyuní

Photo: Bruce Holst (link to photo)

Voucher: Holst 9304 (SEL, VEN)

Note: Strongly winged calyx with long, acuminate lobes. 

 

Tachia schomburgkiana

Guyana

Photo: Paul Maas

Voucher: Maas 3989

Note: Leaves thin and with arcuate venation. Strongly winged calyx with long, acuminate lobes. 

 
Tachia schomburgkiana

Note: Leaves thin and with arcuate venation. Strongly winged calyx with long, acuminate lobes. 

Drawing from Flora of Venezuelan Guayana (Gentianaceae by Struwe et al., 1999). Artist: Bruno Manara. © Missouri Botanical GardenMore images from this flora

(click here for high resolution picture)

 

Tachia sp.

Brazil

Photo: Paul Maas

Voucher:  WR 10757

 

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