Thoracocarpus

Thoracocarpus bissectus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Cyclanthaceae
Genus: Thoracocarpus
Harling
Species: T. bissectus
Binomial name
Thoracocarpus bissectus
(Vell.) Harling
Synonyms[1]
  • Dracontium bissectum Vell.
  • Philodendron bissectum (Vell.) Stellfeld
  • Carludovica kegeliana Lem.
  • Carludovica sarmentosa Sagot ex Drude
  • Carludovica mattogrossensis Lindm.
  • Carludovica bracteosa Gleason

Thoracocarpus is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1958. It contains only one known species, Thoracocarpus bissectus a hemiepiphytic vine. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago, and South America (Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  3. ↑ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  4. ↑ Williams, R.O. (1986). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 3(4): 279-380. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.
  5. ↑ Braco, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  6. ↑ Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  7. ↑ Berry, P.E., Holst, B.K. & Yatskievych, K. (eds.) (1998). Flora of the Venenzuelan Guayana 4: 1-799. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  8. ↑ Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  9. ↑ das Graçac Lapa Wanderly, M, Shepherd, G.J., Sant'Anna Melham, T., Giulietti, A.N. & Kirizawa, M. (2003). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 3: 1-367. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  10. ↑ Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden


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