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Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heliocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It was formerly classified in the Tiliaceae.[1]
| 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 | |
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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]
According to Plants of the World Online (Kew) it contains;[2]
In Veracruz in Mexico, a species of rust fungus Pucciniosira pallidula (Speg.) Henn. (1896) infects Heliocarpus donnellsmithii Rose.[4]
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