Heliocarpus

Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox 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 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 Plants of the World Online (Kew) it contains;

• Heliocarpus americanus Template:Au
• Heliocarpus appendiculatus Template:Au
• Heliocarpus attenuatus Template:Au
• Heliocarpus donnellsmithii Template:Au
• Heliocarpus mexicanus Template:Au
• Heliocarpus nodiflorus Template:Au
• Heliocarpus occidentalis Template:Au
• Heliocarpus pallidus Template:Au
• Heliocarpus palmeri Template:Au
• Heliocarpus parvimontis Template:Au
• Heliocarpus terebinthaceus Template:Au
• Heliocarpus velutinus Template:Au

GRIN only lists Heliocarpus americanus L.

Ecology

In Veracruz in Mexico, a species of rust fungus Pucciniosira pallidula Template:Au infects Heliocarpus donnellsmithii Template:Au.