''Tacarcuna'' is a genus of plants in the Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1989.Huft, Michael J. 1989. New and critical taxa of Euphorbiacae from South America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 76(4): 1077-1086
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, and

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dioecious Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...

, with male and female flowers on separate plants. ;Species # '' Tacarcuna amanoifolia'' Huft -

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; Amazonas Department in

# '' Tacarcuna gentryi'' Huft - Darién Province in

, Magdalena Department in

# '' Tacarcuna tachirensis'' ''Huft'' -

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Tropicos, specimen list, Tacarcuna tachirensis Huft
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Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthaceae genera Dioecious plants {{Phyllanthaceae-stub