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Tachia
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Tachia
grandiflora
Photo: Scott Mori
Voucher: Mori 18002
Note: Green calyx without
keeled wings on calyx lobes. Long, funnelshaped flowers with flat corolla
lobes.
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Tachia
guianensis
French Guiana
Photo: Carol Gracie
Voucher: Mori 24439
Note: Spirally twisted corolla
lobes. Long,
fused,
smooth, and tubular calyx.
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Tachia
occidentalis
Peru
Photo: Paul Maas
Voucher: Maas 6330
Note: Keeled calyx, short calyx lobes.
Corolla lobes flat.
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Tachia
schomburgkiana
Venezuela, Río Cuyuní
Photo: Bruce Holst (link
to photo)
Voucher:
Holst 9304 (SEL, VEN)
Note:
Strongly winged calyx with long, acuminate lobes.
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Tachia
schomburgkiana
Guyana
Photo: Paul Maas
Voucher: Maas 3989
Note: Leaves thin and with arcuate venation.
Strongly winged calyx with long, acuminate lobes.
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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 Garden. More
images from this flora
(click
here for high
resolution picture)
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Tachia
sp.
Brazil
Photo: Paul Maas
Voucher: WR 10757
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