Biology:Monocyclanthus
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Monocyclanthus Keay |
| Species: | M. vignei
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| Monocyclanthus vignei Keay
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Monocyclanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae containing the single species Monocyclanthus vignei.[2] It is native to Ghana and Liberia. It is a rare plant of the understory of wet evergreen forest habitat.[1]
Monocyclanthus and Monocyclanthus vignei were first described in 1953 by Keay.[3]
Description
It is distinguished from plants in the genus, Uvaria, by the single whorl of petals being valvate, and from Isolona, by both the carpels and the petals being free.[3] The flowers are cauliflorous, that is, they flower on the trunk (or major branches).[3]
Threats
It is threatened by ecosystem conversion and degradation, from mining, quarrying, logging and wood-harvesting.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hawthorne, W. (1998). "Monocyclanthus vignei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T32185A9680283. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32185A9680283.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32185/9680283. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ Monocyclanthus. Tropicos.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Keay, R.W.J. (1953). "Revision of the "Flora of West Tropical Africa".: III". Kew Bulletin 8 (69): 69–82. doi:10.2307/4117161.
Wikidata ☰ Q1330297 entry
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