''Tacarcuna'' is a genus of plants in the
Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1989.
[Huft, Michael J. 1989. New and critical taxa of Euphorbiacae from South America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 76(4): 1077-1086]
/ref> It is native to Panama, Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
, Venezuela, and Peru.[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref> It is apparently dioecious
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, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[
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# '']Tacarcuna amanoifolia
''Tacarcuna'' is a genus of plants in the Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1989. It is native to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru. It is apparently dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
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'' Huft - Loreto Region
Loreto () is Peru's northernmost department and region. Covering almost one-third of Peru's territory, Loreto is by far the nation's largest department; it is also one of the most sparsely populated regions due to its remote location in the Ama ...
in Peru; Amazonas Department in Colombia
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# '' Tacarcuna gentryi'' Huft - Darién Province in Panama, Magdalena Department in ]Colombia
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# '' Tacarcuna tachirensis'' ''Huft'' - ]Táchira State
Táchira State ( es, Estado Táchira, ) is one of the 24 states of Venezuela. The state capital is San Cristóbal.
Táchira State covers a total surface area of and as of the 2011 census, had a population of 1,168,908. At the end of the 19t ...
in Venezuela[Tropicos, specimen list, Tacarcuna tachirensis Huft ]
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References
Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthaceae genera
Dioecious plants
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