Heliocarpus

Heliocarpus americanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Grewioideae
Tribus: Apeibeae
Genus: Heliocarpus
Species: H. americanus – H. appendiculatus – H. attenuatus – H. donnellsmithii – H. mexicanus – H. nodiflorus – H. occidentalis – H. pallidus – H. palmeri – H. parvimontis – H. terebinthinaceus – H. velutinus

Name

Heliocarpus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 448. (1753)

• Type species: Heliocarpus americanus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 448. (1753)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Montia Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754), nom. illeg. hom. vide Montia L., Sp. Pl. 1: 87. (1753)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional:Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay Regional:Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Regional:Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Regional:Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast Regional:Northern South America Colombia, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela Continental: Northern America Regional:Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Hawaii, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 448. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Heliocarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Heliocarpus. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 23 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Heliocarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Dec. 2020.

Vernacular names

മലയാളം: ഹീലിയോകാർപസ്

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