Cyclanthus

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]
  • 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)
  • Cyclanthus indivisus R.E.Schult. - Panama, Colombia

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

References
  1. illustration from Poeppig, Eduard Friedrich, Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum, vol. 2 (1838)
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Marburg University Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine Photos and descriptions
  4. "Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Cyclanthus bipartitus Poit. ex A. Rich". Archived from the original on 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  5. Tropical Biology Association, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Darwin Initiative, Cyclanthus bipartitus Archived 2009-03-07 at the Wayback Machine


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