Tacarcuna
For Cerro Tacarcuna mountain, see Darién Gap.
Tacarcuna | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
Genus: | Tacarcuna Huft. |
Type species | |
Tacarcuna gentryi Huft |
Tacarcuna is a genus of plants in the Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1989.[1][2] It is native to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru.[3][4]
- species[3]
- Tacarcuna amanoifolia Huft - Loreto Region in Peru; Amazonas Department in Colombia[1][5]
- Tacarcuna gentryi Huft - Darién Province in Panama, Magdalena Department in Colombia[1][6]
- Tacarcuna tachirensis Huft - Táchira State in Venezuela[1][7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Huft, Michael J. 1989. New and critical taxa of Euphorbiacae from South America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 76(4): 1077-1086
- ↑ Tropicos, Tacarcuna Huft
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ↑ Tropicos, specimen listings, Tacarcuna amanoifolia Huft
- ↑ Tropicos, specimen listings, Tacarcuna gentryi Huft
- ↑ Tropicos, specimen list, Tacarcuna tachirensis Huft
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