Polygonanthus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Anisophylleaceae
Genus: Polygonanthus
Species: P. amazonicus – P. punctulatus
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Polygonanthus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 14. Reference page.

Name

Polygonanthus Ducke, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 345. 1932.

Type species: Polygonanthus amazonicus Ducke

References

Hassler, M. 2018. Polygonanthus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Polygonanthus. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 14 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Polygonanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 14. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2018. Polygonanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Aug. 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Polygonanthus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Polygonanthus is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Anisophylleaceae, found in the Amazon.[2] It has a Polygonum‑type embryo sac.[3]
Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

Polygonanthus amazonicus Ducke
Polygonanthus punctulatus Kuhlm.

References

Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 345 (1932)
"Polygonanthus Ducke". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
Tobe, Hiroshi; Raven, Peter H. (1988). "Additional Notes on the Embryology of Polygonanthus (Anisophylleaceae) and Relationships of the Family". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 75 (4): 1425–1428. doi:10.2307/2399293. JSTOR 2399293.