Heliocarpus

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

Heliocarpus
Heliocarpus sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Grewioideae
Genus: Heliocarpus
L.
Synonyms

Montia Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4.: s.p. (1754), nom. illeg.

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