Heliocarpus

<i>Heliocarpus</i>

Heliocarpus

Genus of flowering plants

Heliocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It was formerly classified in the Tiliaceae.[1]

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It was first published in Linnaeus's book Species Plantarum on page 448 in 1753.[2]

The native range of this genus stretches from Mexico to southern Tropical America and the island of Trinidad. It is found in the countries of Argentina , Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad, Tobago, and Venezuela.[2]

Species

According to Plants of the World Online (Kew) it contains;[2]

  • Heliocarpus americanus L.
  • Heliocarpus appendiculatus Turcz.
  • Heliocarpus attenuatus S.Watson
  • Heliocarpus donnellsmithii Rose
  • Heliocarpus mexicanus (Turcz.) Sprague
  • Heliocarpus nodiflorus (Donn.Sm.) Donn.Sm. & Rose
  • Heliocarpus occidentalis Rose
  • Heliocarpus pallidus Rose
  • Heliocarpus palmeri S.Watson
  • Heliocarpus parvimontis Gual
  • Heliocarpus terebinthaceus (DC.) Hochr.
  • Heliocarpus velutinus Rose

GRIN only lists Heliocarpus americanus L.[3]

Ecology

In Veracruz in Mexico, a species of rust fungus Pucciniosira pallidula (Speg.) Henn. (1896) infects Heliocarpus donnellsmithii Rose.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Wiersema & Leon (19 April 2016). World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 9781466576810. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Heliocarpus L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Species GRIN-Global". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  4. [4]
    López, Armando; García Alvarado, Juventino (February 2002). "Funga Veracruzana: No 64 Pucciniosira pallidula". Retrieved 9 January 2023.
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