Heliocarpus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Heliocarpus sp Costa Rica 1.jpg

|image_caption = Heliocarpus sp.

|taxon = Heliocarpus

|authority = L.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|synonyms = Montia {{Au|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.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AIrNBQAAQBAJ&q=Heliocarpus+-wikipedia|title=World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition|date=19 April 2016|author=Wiersema & Leon|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9781466576810|accessdate=3 December 2018}}

It was first published in Linnaeus's book Species Plantarum on page 448 in 1753.{{cite web |title=Heliocarpus L. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39454-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=9 January 2023 |language=en}}

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.