Cyclanthus
| Cyclanthus | |
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| Cyclanthus bipartitus [1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Pandanales |
| Family: | Cyclanthaceae |
| Genus: | Cyclanthus Poit. ex A.Rich. |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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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)
- ^ a b c 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". Archived from the original on 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ^ Tropical Biology Association, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Darwin Initiative, Cyclanthus bipartitus Archived 2009-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
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