Tacarcuna is a genus of plants in the Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1989.Huft, Michael J. 1989. New and critical taxa of Euphorbiacae from South America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 76(4): 1077-1086Tropicos, Tacarcuna Huft It is native to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It is apparently dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Species Tacarcuna amanoifolia Huft - Loreto Region in Peru; Amazonas Department in ColombiaTropicos, specimen listings, Tacarcuna amanoifolia Huft Tacarcuna gentryi Huft - Darién Province in Panama, Magdalena Department in ColombiaTropicos, specimen listings, Tacarcuna gentryi Huft Tacarcuna tachirensis Huft - Táchira State in VenezuelaTropicos, specimen list, Tacarcuna tachirensis Huft
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