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Thoracocarpus

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Cyclanthaceae

Scientific name
  
Thoracocarpus bissectus

Order
  
Pandanales

Species
  
T. bissectus

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Evodianthus, Sphaeradenia, Dicranopygium, Asplundia, Cyclanthus

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 & Tobago, and South America (Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador).

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Thoracocarpus Wikipedia