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Taxon:
Heliocarpus americanus
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Heliocarpus
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Grewioideae
Nomen number:
18815
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:448. 1753 "
americana
"
Comment:
[South American plants may be better segregated as
H. popayanensis
Kunth]
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
01/21/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Heliocarpus australis
E. Watson
Heliocarpus popayanensis
Kunth
Heliocarpus trichopodus
Turcz.
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Reference(s)
Balick, M. J. et al.
2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds.
1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Killeen, T. J. et al.
1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia
McVaugh, R.
1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds.
1991-. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes.
URL:
http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/FLOBA.htm
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Note:
mentions
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds.
2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
Note:
mentions
Wagner, W. L. et al.
1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
Note:
=
Heliocarpus popayanensis
Kunth
Common names
English
broadleaf moho –
Reference(s)
high ridge moho –
Reference(s)
mountain moho –
Reference(s)
white moho –
Reference(s)
Hawaiian
moho –
Reference(s)
Spanish
balsa pancho –
Reference(s)
llausa mora –
Reference(s)
majao –
Reference(s)
yarisa –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
San Luis Potosí
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Chiapas
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Hidalgo
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
México
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Michoacán de Ocampo
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Oaxaca
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Puebla
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Querétaro
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Belize
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Catamarca
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Jujuy
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Misiones
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Salta
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Santiago del Estero
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Tucumán
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Paraguay
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Azuay
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Chimborazo
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Cotopaxi
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Guayas
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Loja
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Los Ríos
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Manabí
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Morona Santiago
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Napo
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Pastaza
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Sucumbíos
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Tungurahua
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Amazonas
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Cajamarca
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Cusco
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Huánuco
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Junín
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Loreto
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Madre de Dios
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Pasco
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Puno
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
San Martín
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Ucayali
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
natzd. elsewhere
Native
Northern America
NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[San Luis Potosí]
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Chiapas, Hidalgo, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize
,
Costa Rica
,
Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
[Azuay, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Guayas, Loja, Los Ríos, Manabí, Morona Santiago, Napo, Pastaza, Tungurahua, Sucumbíos],
Peru
[Amazonas, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huánuco, Junín, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, Puno, San Martín, Ucayali]
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
[Catamarca, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán],
Paraguay
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Materials
fiber
Balick, M. J. et al.
2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
Name
References