Taccarum

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image_caption = Taccarum weddellianumPohl and Engler - "Das Pflanzenreich" issued 1920

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|taxon = Taccarum

|authority = Brongn. ex Schott

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|synonyms = *Lysistigma Schott

• Endera Regel

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Taccarum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is endemic to South America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=201005 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro The genus tends to grow in rocky areas.Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. {{ISBN|0-88192-485-7}}.

;Species

1. Taccarum caudatum Rusby - Bolivia, Peru, Acre State in western Brazil
2. Taccarum crassispathum E.G.Gonç. - central Brazil
3. Taccarum peregrinum (Schott) Engl. - Paraguay, southern Brazil, Misiones Province of Argentina
4. Taccarum ulei Engl. & K.Krause - eastern Brazil
5. Taccarum warmingii Engl. - southern Brazil
6. Taccarum weddellianum Brongn. ex Schott - Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, central and western Brazil