Heliocarpus | |
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Heliocarpus sp. | |
Scientific 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. |
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]
According to Plants of the World Online ( Kew) it contains; [2]
GRIN only lists Heliocarpus americanus L. [3]
In Veracruz in Mexico, a species of rust fungus Pucciniosira pallidula (Speg.) Henn. (1896) infects Heliocarpus donnellsmithii Rose. [4]