Tuberculocarpus

Tuberculocarpus is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

Tuberculocarpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Heliantheae[1]
Genus:
Tuberculocarpus

Pruski
Binomial name
Tuberculocarpus ruber
(Aristeg.) Pruski
Synonyms[1]

There is only one known species, Tuberculocarpus ruber, endemic to the State of Amazonas in southern Venezuela.[1][4][5]

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Pruski, John Francis. 1996. Compositae of the Guayana Highland---XI. Tuberculocarpus gen. nov. and some other Ecliptinae (Heliantheae). Novon 6: 404-418 (1996)
  3. Tropicos, Tuberculocarpus ruber (Aristeg.) Pruski
  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
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