Tacarcuna

For Cerro Tacarcuna mountain, see Darién Gap.
Tacarcuna
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]
  1. Tacarcuna amanoifolia Huft - Loreto Region in Peru; Amazonas Department in Colombia[1][5]
  2. Tacarcuna gentryi Huft - Darién Province in Panama, Magdalena Department in Colombia[1][6]
  3. Tacarcuna tachirensis Huft - Táchira State in Venezuela[1][7]

References

  1. 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
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Tacarcuna Huft
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Tropicos, specimen listings, Tacarcuna amanoifolia Huft
  6. ↑ Tropicos, specimen listings, Tacarcuna gentryi Huft
  7. ↑ Tropicos, specimen list, Tacarcuna tachirensis Huft
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