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. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ a b c "Heliocarpus L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Species GRIN-Global". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ López, Armando; García Alvarado, Juventino (February 2002). "Funga Veracruzana: No 64 Pucciniosira pallidula". Retrieved 9 January 2023.