Biology:Cyclanthus
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Cyclanthus | |
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| Cyclanthus bipartitus [1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Pandanales |
| Family: | Cyclanthaceae |
| Genus: | Cyclanthus Poit. ex A.Rich. |
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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
References
- ↑ illustration from Poeppig, Eduard Friedrich, Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum, vol. 2 (1838)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Marburg University Photos and descriptions
- ↑ "Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Cyclanthus bipartitus Poit. ex A. Rich.". http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/herbarium/species/16798/?fam=Cyclanthaceae&page=2.
- ↑ Tropical Biology Association, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Darwin Initiative, Cyclanthus bipartitus
Wikidata ☰ Q5198124 entry
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