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
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]