Cyclanthus

Cyclanthus
Cyclanthus bipartitus [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Pandanales
Family:Cyclanthaceae
Genus:Cyclanthus
Poit. ex A.Rich.
Synonyms[2]
  • Cyclosanthes Poepp.
  • Discanthus Spruce

Cyclanthus a genus of plants in the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to tropical Latin America and the West Indies. It consists of large, palm-like monocots.[2][3][4][5]

Species[2]
  1. Cyclanthus bipartitus Poit. ex A.Rich. - southern Mexico, Central America, Trinidad, Windward Islands, northern South America (Venezuela, the Guianas, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Brazil)
  2. Cyclanthus indivisus R.E.Schult. - Panama, Colombia

References

  1. ↑ illustration from Poeppig, Eduard Friedrich, Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum, vol. 2 (1838)
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Marburg University Photos and descriptions
  4. ↑ Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Cyclanthus bipartitus Poit. ex A. Rich.
  5. ↑ Tropical Biiology Association, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Darwin Initiative, Cyclanthus bipartitus Archived 2009-03-07 at the Wayback Machine.


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