Dicranopygium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Cyclanthaceae
Genus: Dicranopygium
Species (54):
D. amazonicum – D. angustissimum – D. aristeguietae – D. arusisense – D. atrovirens – D. aurantiacum – D. bolivarense – D. calimense – D. callithrix – D. campii – D. coma-pyrrhae – D. crinitum – D. cuatrecasanum – D. dolichostemon – D. euryphyllum – D. fissile – D. globosum – D. goudotii – D. gracile – D. grandifolium – D. harlingii – D. idrobonis – D. imeriense – D. insulare – D. latissimum – D. lugonis – D. macrophyllum – D. microcephalum – D. mirabile – D. nanum – D. novogranatense – D. odoratum – D. omichlophilum – D. pachystemon – D. parvulum – D. polycephalum – D. pygmaeum – D. rheithrophilum – D. robustum – D. rupestre – D. sanctae-martae – D. sararense – D. schultesii – D. scoparum – D. stenophyllum – D. tatica – D. testaceum – D. trianae – D. umbrophilum – D. venezuelanum – D. wallisii – D. wedelii – D. williamsii – D. yacu-sisa
Name

Dicranopygium Harling, Acta Horti Berg. 17: 43 (1954)

Type species: Dicranopygium microcephalum (Hook.f.) Harling, Acta Horti Berg. 17: 43 (1954)

References

Harling, G.W. 1954. Acta Horti Bergiani 17(3): 43.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Dicranopygium 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. Dicranopygium 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. Dicranopygium. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 26 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Dicranopygium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Nov. 2014.

Dicranopygium is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Peru.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Species

Species include:[2]

Dicranopygium amazonicum - NW Brazil
Dicranopygium angustissimum - Guyana
Dicranopygium aristeguietae - Venezuela
Dicranopygium arusisense - Colombia
Dicranopygium atrovirens - Colombia
Dicranopygium aurantiacum - Colombia
Dicranopygium bolivarense - Venezuela
Dicranopygium calimense - Colombia, Ecuador
Dicranopygium callithrix - Colombia
Dicranopygium campii - Ecuador
Dicranopygium coma-pyrrhae - Ecuador
Dicranopygium crinitum - Panama
Dicranopygium cuatrecasanum - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
Dicranopygium dolichostemon - Colombia
Dicranopygium euryphyllum - Ecuador
Dicranopygium fissile - Colombia
Dicranopygium globosum - Colombia
Dicranopygium goudotii - Colombia
Dicranopygium gracile - Veracruz, Oaxaca, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Dicranopygium grandifolium - Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
Dicranopygium harlingii - Costa Rica, Panama
Dicranopygium idrobonis - Colombia
Dicranopygium imeriense - Guyana, Venezuela, NW Brazil
Dicranopygium insulare - Tobago
Dicranopygium latissimum - Peru
Dicranopygium lugonis - Ecuador, Peru
Dicranopygium macrophyllum - Venezuela
Dicranopygium microcephalum - Costa Rica, Honduras
Dicranopygium mirabile - Colombia
Dicranopygium nanum - Guyana, Venezuela
Dicranopygium novogranatense - Colombia
Dicranopygium odoratum - Colombia
Dicranopygium omichlophilum - Venezuela, Colombia
Dicranopygium pachystemon - Peru
Dicranopygium parvulum - Colombia
Dicranopygium polycephalum - Colombia
Dicranopygium pygmaeum - Colombia, the Guianas
Dicranopygium rheithrophilum - Colombia, Ecuador
Dicranopygium robustum - Amazonas in Venezuela
Dicranopygium rupestre - Venezuela
Dicranopygium sanctae-martae - Colombia
Dicranopygium sararense - Colombia
Dicranopygium schultesii - Colombia, Ecuador
Dicranopygium scoparum - Colombia
Dicranopygium stenophyllum - Ecuador
Dicranopygium tatica - Costa Rica
Dicranopygium testaceum - Panama, Colombia
Dicranopygium trianae - Colombia
Dicranopygium umbrophilum - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Dicranopygium venezuelanum - Venezuela
Dicranopygium wallisii - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
Dicranopygium wedelii- Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras
Dicranopygium williamsii - Ecuador, Peru
Dicranopygium yacu-sisa - Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela

References

illustration probably by Matilda Smith (1854-1926) - Curtis's Botanical Magazine v.118 [ser. 3:v.48] (1892)
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Discover Life Dicranopygium page
Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
Harling, G. W. 1958. Monograph of the Cyclanthaceae. Acta Horti Bergiani 18: 1–428