''Heliocarpus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of flowering plants in the family

Malvaceae Malvaceae (), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, ...

. It was formerly classified in the

Tiliaceae Tiliaceae () is a family of flowering plants. It is not a part of the APG, APG II and APG III classifications, being sunk in Malvaceae mostly as the subfamilies Tilioideae, Brownlowioideae and Grewioideae, but has an extensive historical re ...

. It was first published in

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's book

Species Plantarum ' (Latin for "The Species of Plants") is a book by Carl Linnaeus, originally published in 1753, which lists every species of plant known at the time, classified into genus, genera. It is the first work to consistently apply binomial nomenclature ...

on page 448 in 1753. 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.

Species

According to

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(

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) it contains; * '' Heliocarpus americanus'' * '' Heliocarpus appendiculatus'' * ''

Heliocarpus attenuatus ''Heliocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It was formerly classified in the Tiliaceae. It was first published in Linnaeus's book Species Plantarum on page 448 in 1753. The native range of this genus stretches from M ...

'' * '' Heliocarpus donnellsmithii'' * '' Heliocarpus mexicanus'' * ''

Heliocarpus nodiflorus ''Heliocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It was formerly classified in the Tiliaceae. It was first published in Linnaeus's book Species Plantarum on page 448 in 1753. The native range of this genus stretches from M ...

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Heliocarpus occidentalis ''Heliocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It was formerly classified in the Tiliaceae. It was first published in Linnaeus's book Species Plantarum on page 448 in 1753. The native range of this genus stretches from M ...

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Heliocarpus pallidus ''Heliocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It was formerly classified in the Tiliaceae. It was first published in Linnaeus's book Species Plantarum on page 448 in 1753. The native range of this genus stretches from M ...

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Heliocarpus palmeri ''Heliocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It was formerly classified in the Tiliaceae. It was first published in Linnaeus's book Species Plantarum on page 448 in 1753. The native range of this genus stretches from M ...

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Heliocarpus parvimontis ''Heliocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It was formerly classified in the Tiliaceae. It was first published in Linnaeus's book Species Plantarum on page 448 in 1753. The native range of this genus stretches from M ...

'' * '' Heliocarpus terebinthaceus'' * ''

Heliocarpus velutinus ''Heliocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It was formerly classified in the Tiliaceae. It was first published in Linnaeus's book Species Plantarum on page 448 in 1753. The native range of this genus stretches from M ...

'' GRIN only lists ''Heliocarpus americanus'' L.

Ecology

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in Mexico, a species of

rust fungus Rusts are fungal plant pathogens of the order Pucciniales (previously known as Uredinales) causing plant fungal diseases. An estimated 168 rust genera and approximately 7,000 species, more than half of which belong to the genus ''Puccinia'', are ...

'' Pucciniosira pallidula'' infects ''Heliocarpus donnellsmithii'' .

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Grewioideae Malvaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Flora of Mexico Flora of Central America Flora of Trinidad and Tobago Flora of western South America Flora of southern South America {{Grewioideae-stub