Tuberculocarpus is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Subtribe: | Ecliptinae |
| Genus: | Tuberculocarpus Pruski |
| Species: | T. ruber
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| Binomial name | |
| Tuberculocarpus ruber (Aristeg.) Pruski
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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There is only one known species, Tuberculocarpus ruber, endemic to the State of Amazonas in southern Venezuela.[1][4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b 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