Heliocarpus nodiflorus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales

Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum*: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum*: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio*: Tracheophyta Cladus: Eutracheophyta Cladus: Euphyllophytina Cladus: Megaphylla Cladus: Radiatopses Cladus: Lignophyta Cladus: Metalignophyta Diviso*: Spermatophyta Classis*: Angiospermae Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Grewioideae
Tribus: Apeibeae
Genus: Heliocarpus
Species: Heliocarpus nodiflorus

Name

Heliocarpus nodiflorus (Donn.Sm.) Donn.Sm. & Rose in Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 5(3): 126. 1897.

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Heliocarpus polyandrus var. nodiflorus Donn.Sm., Bot. Gaz. 23(4): 240. 1897.

• Heterotypic
  • Heliocarpus excelsior C.V.Morton, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 27(7): 307(–308). 1937.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Lay, K.K. 1949. A revision of the genus Heliocarpus L. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 36: 507–541. DOI: 10.2307/2394471 BHL JSTOR Reference page. 
• Rodríguez, A. 2015. Tiliaceae. Pp. 418–445 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VIII, Dicotiledóneas (Sabiaceae–Zygophyllaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-935641-12-4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Heliocarpus nodiflorus. Published online. Accessed: 16 March 2019. Reference page.

• Tropicos.org 2019. Heliocarpus nodiflorus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 March 2019. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Heliocarpus excelsior. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 March 2019.

Note:

• By some authors, Heliocarpus nodiflorus was included in Heliocarpus popayanensis or H. donnellsmithii, but it is treated as a separate species by Rodríguez (2015).