Cyclanthaceae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Cyclanthaceae
Genera: Asplundia – Carludovica – Chorigyne – Cyclanthus – Dianthoveus – Dicranopygium – Evodianthus – Ludovia – Schultesiophytum – Sphaeradenia – Stelestylis – Thoracocarpus
Name

Cyclanthaceae Poit. ex A.Rich. Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 5: 222. (1824) nom. cons.
Type genus: Cyclanthus Poit. ex A. Rich. Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 5: 221–222. (1824)

References
Primary references

Poiteau, P.A. (1824) Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle, 5: 222.

Additional references

Harling, G., Wilder, G.J. & Eriksson, R. (1998) Cyclanthaceae. Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (excluding Orchidaceae) 202-215.

Links

Tropicos.org 2013. Cyclanthaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Sept. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Cyclanthaceae. Published online. Accessed: 16 Sept. 2013.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Cyclanthaceae in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Feb. 2. Reference page.

Vernacular names
العربية: السيكلنتيات
català: Ciclantàcies
čeština: Navinulcovité
Deutsch: Scheibenblumengewächse
English: Panama Hat Palm family
suomi: Panamapalmukasvit
magyar: Villáspálmafélék
한국어: 파나마모자풀과
kurdî: Famîleya lavlavkên pevjel
latviešu: Viltuspalmu dzimta
polski: Okolnicowate
русский: Циклантовые
Tiếng Việt: Họ Hoàn hoa
中文（简体）: 环花草科
中文（繁體）: 環花草科

Cyclanthaceae is a family of flowering plants.

Taxonomy

Earlier systems, such as the Cronquist system and the Takhtajan system, placed it as the sole family in the order Cyclanthales. In the classification system of Dahlgren the Cyclanthaceae were the sole family of the order Cyclanthales in the superorder Cyclanthiflorae (also called Cyclanthanae).

The APG system (1998) and the APG II system (2003) assign it to the order Pandanales in the clade monocots. The family occurs in the neotropics and consists of 12 genera with a total of ca 230 known species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016 [2]).
Subdivision

Genera

Asplundia Harling
Carludovica Ruiz & Pav.
Chorigyne R.Erikss.
Cyclanthus Poit.
Dianthoveus Hammel & Wilder
Dicranopygium Harling
Evodianthus Oerst.
Ludovia Brongn.
Schultesiophytum Harling
Sphaeradenia Harling
Stelestylis Drude
Thoracocarpus Harling

Cultivation and uses

The family is probably best known for Carludovica palmata, 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".

Carludovica divergens is added to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca.
References

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2013-06-26.

Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. Magnolia Press. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.

Bibliography

Cyclanthaceae in L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards), The families of flowering plants
[1] Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
NCBI Taxonomy Browser: Cyclanthaceae
CSDL, Texas: Cyclanthaceae