Tuberculocarpus Explained

Tuberculocarpus is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2]}

There is only one known species, Tuberculocarpus ruber, endemic to the State of Amazonas in southern Venezuela.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/662139#page/401/mode/1up Pruski, John Francis. 1996. Compositae of the Guayana Highland---XI. Tuberculocarpus gen. nov. and some other Ecliptinae (Heliantheae). Novon 6: 404-418 (1996)
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50001107 Tropicos, Tuberculocarpus ruber (Aristeg.) Pruski
3. https://archive.today/20141123223414/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=69511e68-e9ca-42a4-be99-8062afd59b28 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
4. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
5. Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas