Tacarcuna Explained

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]} It is apparently dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.^[1]

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]}

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28000359#page/1096/mode/1up Huft, Michael J. 1989. New and critical taxa of Euphorbiacae from South America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 76(4): 1077-1086
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40037077 Tropicos, Tacarcuna Huft
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=201001 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. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/12805257?tab=specimens Tropicos, specimen listings, Tacarcuna amanoifolia Huft
6. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50131135?tab=specimens Tropicos, specimen listings, Tacarcuna gentryi Huft
7. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50002795?tab=specimens Tropicos, specimen list, Tacarcuna tachirensis Huft