Cyclanthus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Cyclanthaceae
Genus: Cyclanthus
Species: C. bipartitus – C. indivisus
Name

Cyclanthus Poit. ex A.Rich. in J.B.G.Bory de Saint-Vincent, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 5: 221 (1824).

Type species: Cyclanthus bipartitus Poit. ex A. Rich.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Cyclosanthes Poepp., Froriep's Not. Natur- Heilk. 31: 312 (1831).
Discanthus Spruce, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 196 (1859).

References
Primary references

Poiteau, P.A. ex A.Rich. in J.B.G.Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1824. Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 5: 221.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyclanthus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cyclanthus. Published online. Accessed: Jan 12 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Cyclanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Jan 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyclanthus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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)
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Marburg University Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine Photos and descriptions
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Cyclanthus bipartitus Poit. ex A. Rich.
Tropical Biiology Association, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Darwin Initiative, Cyclanthus bipartitus Archived 2009-03-07 at the Wayback Machine