Heliocarpus

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Rosids

Heliocarpus
Heliocarpus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Grewioideae
Genus:	Heliocarpus L.
Synonyms
Montia Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4.: s.p. (1754), nom. illeg.

Heliocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It was formerly classified in the Tiliaceae.^[1]

It was first published in Linnaeus's book Species Plantarum on page 448 in 1753.^[2]

The native range of this genus stretches from Mexico to southern Tropical America and the island of Trinidad. It is found in the countries of Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad, Tobago, and Venezuela.^[2]