Biology:Heliocarpus
| Heliocarpus | |
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| Heliocarpus sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Grewioideae |
| Genus: | Heliocarpus L. |
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Montia Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4.: s.p. (1754), nom. illeg. | |
Heliocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It was formerly classified in the Tiliaceae.[1]
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
- ↑ Wiersema & Leon (19 April 2016). World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 9781466576810. https://books.google.com/books?id=AIrNBQAAQBAJ&dq=Heliocarpus+-wikipedia. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Heliocarpus L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39454-1.
- ↑ "Species GRIN-Global". https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyspecieslist?id=5489&type=genus.
- ↑ López, Armando; García Alvarado, Juventino (February 2002). "Funga Veracruzana: No 64 Pucciniosira pallidula". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266732971_Pucciniosira_pallidula_Fungi_Uredinales.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5705457 entry
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