Thoracocarpus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Pandanales

Familia: Cyclanthaceae
Genus: Thoracocarpus
Species: T. bissectus
Name

Thoracocarpus Harling, Acta Horti Berg. 18: 254 (1958)
References

Harling, G.W. 1958. Acta Horti Bergiani 18(1): 254, f. 4e, 8g, 68, t. 51–53.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Thoracocarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 26. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Thoracocarpus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Thoracocarpus. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 26 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Thoracocarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Nov. 2014.

Thoracocarpus is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1958. It contains only one known species, Thoracocarpus bissectus a hemiepiphytic vine. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, and South America (Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Williams, R.O. (1986). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 3(4): 279-380. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.
Braco, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
Berry, P.E., Holst, B.K. & Yatskievych, K. (eds.) (1998). Flora of the Venenzuelan Guayana 4: 1-799. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
das Graçac Lapa Wanderly, M, Shepherd, G.J., Sant'Anna Melham, T., Giulietti, A.N. & Kirizawa, M. (2003). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 3: 1-367. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden