Tuberculocarpus

Tuberculocarpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Genus:	Tuberculocarpus; Pruski
Binomial name
	Tuberculocarpus ruber; (Aristeg.) Pruski
Synonyms
	Aspilia rubra Aristeg. ; Wedelia rubra (Aristeg.) B.L.Turner;

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

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

References

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