Carludovica

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Pandanales

Familia: Cyclanthaceae
Genus: Carludovica
Species: C. drudei – C. palmata – C. rotundifolia – C. sulcata
Name

Carludovica Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. Prodr.: 146 (1794)
Type species: Carludovica palmata Ruiz & Pav., Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil.: 291 (1798)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Ludovia Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 576 (1807), nom. rej.
Salmia Willd., Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 399 (1811)

References

Ruiz, H. & Pavon, J. 1794. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis prodromus, sive Novorum generum plantarum Peruvianarum, et Chilensium descriptiones, et icones. XXII + 154 pp., 37 tt. Sancha, Madrid. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 146.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Carludovica in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 26. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Carludovica in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Carludovica. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 26 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Carludovica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Nov. 2014.

Vernacular names
suomi: Panamapalmut

Carludovica is a genus in the family Cyclanthaceae. It is native to tropical America, from southern Mexico and Guatemala to Ecuador and Bolivia.[2] Carludovica is named in honor of Charles IV of Spain and his wife Maria Luisa of Parma.[3][4]

Cultivation and uses
Carludovica palmata, from which Panama hats are made.

The genus is probably best known for Carludovica palmata (toquilla), the young leaves of which are made into Panama hats.

An unidentified species belonging to this family (possibly a Carludovica species) has been marketed as a houseplant in the United States under the name "Jungle Drum".
Lists of species

According to Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, there are four species[2]

Carludovica drudei Mast. - Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Carludovica palmata Ruiz & Pav. - widespread from Tabasco to Bolivia
Carludovica rotundifolia Schaedtler - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama
Carludovica sulcata Hammel - Nicaragua, Costa Rica

Tropicos lists more species but it may contain potential synonyms: C. acuminata - C. angustifolia - C. angustissima - C. asplundii - C. atropurpurea - C. atrovirens - C. aurantiaca - C. brachypus - C. bracteosa - C. caput-medusae - C. caribaea - C. caulescens - C. chelidonura - C. chiapensis - C. coma-pyrrhae - C. coronata - C. costaricensis - C. crenifolia - C. decurrens - C. dentata - C. disticha - C. divergens (syn. of Asplundia divergens) - C. drudei - C. ecuadoriensis - C. elegans - C. ensiformis - C. euryphylla - C. fanshawei - C. fimbriata - C. funifera - C. gardneri - C. gigantea (syn. of C. palmata) - C. glandulosa - C. glauca - C. goebelii - C. gracilis - C. helicotricha - C. heterophylla - C. hookeri - C. horrida - C. humilis - C. imperialis - C. incisa (syn. of C. palmata) - C. insignis - C. insularis - C. integrifolia - C. irazuensis - C. kegeliana - C. killipii - C. labela - C. lancifolia - C. latifolia - C. latifrons - C. laucheana - C. leucocarpa - C. longicomans - C. longicrura - C. longipes - C. macropoda - C. marceana - C. mattogrossensis - C. mexicana - C. microcarpa - C. microcephala - C. microphylla - C. moritziana - C. nana - C. nobilis - C. oerstedii - C. palmata - C. palmifolia - C. parvula - C. phacospatha - C. pittieri - C. plicata - C. plumerii - C. polymera - C. pygmaea - C. quitoensis - C. rheithrophila - C. rhodocephala - C. rigida - C. rivularis - C. rotundifolia - C. rupestris - C. sarmentosa - C. sartori - C. scandens - C. schizophylla - C. sellowiana - C. serpens - C. serrata - C. stenophylla - C. steyermarkii - C. stylaris - C. subacaulis - C. sulcata - C. tabascana - C. tetragona - C. tetragonopus - C. tocoso - C. trailiana - C. trigona - C. tristicha - C. utilis - C. vestita - C. wallisii - C. williamsii
References

Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. Prodr.: 146 (1794)
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Genaust, Helmut (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen ISBN 3-7643-0755-2

Harling, G. (1958) "Monograph of the Cyclanthaceae" Acta Horti Berg. 18 : 128–131.

Franz, Nico M.; O'Brien, Charles W. (2001) "Ganglionus, a New Genus of Derelomini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Associated with Carludovica (Cyclanthaceae)" Annals of the Entomological Society of America 94 (6): 835–850.
Henderson, Peter (1881). Henderson's Handbook of Plants. New York: P. Henderson & Co. p. 38. OL 24234145M.