Tacarcuna

Tacarcuna is a genus of plants in the Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1989.[1][2] It is native to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru.[3][4] It is apparently dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[1]

Species[3]
  1. Tacarcuna amanoifolia Huft - Loreto Region in Peru; Amazonas Department in Colombia[1][5]
  2. Tacarcuna gentryi Huft - Darién Province in Panama, Magdalena Department in Colombia[1][6]
  3. Tacarcuna tachirensis Huft - Táchira State in Venezuela[1][7]
For Cerro Tacarcuna mountain, see Darién Gap.

Tacarcuna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Phyllanthoideae
Tribe: Bridelieae
Subtribe: Saviinae
Genus: Tacarcuna
Huft.
Type species
Tacarcuna gentryi
Huft

References
  1. Huft, Michael J. 1989. New and critical taxa of Euphorbiacae from South America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 76(4): 1077-1086
  2. Tropicos, Tacarcuna Huft
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. Tropicos, specimen listings, Tacarcuna amanoifolia Huft
  6. Tropicos, specimen listings, Tacarcuna gentryi Huft
  7. Tropicos, specimen list, Tacarcuna tachirensis Huft
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