Carludovica
Carludovica | |
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Carludovica drudei inflorescences | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Pandanales |
Family: | Cyclanthaceae |
Genus: | Carludovica Ruiz & Pav.[1] |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Carludovica is a genus in the family Cyclanthaceae. It is native to tropical America, from southern Mexico and Guatemala to Ecuador and Bolivia.[2] Carludovica is named in honor of Charles IV of Spain and his wife Maria Luisa of Parma.[3][4]
Cultivation and uses
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The genus is probably best known for Carludovica palmata (toquilla), 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".
Lists of species
[edit]According to Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, there are four species[2]
- Carludovica drudei Mast. - Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
- Carludovica palmata Ruiz & Pav. - widespread from Tabasco to Bolivia
- Carludovica rotundifolia Schaedtler - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama
- Carludovica sulcata Hammel - Nicaragua, Costa Rica
Tropicos lists more species but it may contain potential synonyms:
- C. divergens (syn. of Asplundia divergens)
- C. gigantea (syn. of C. palmata)
- C. incisa (syn. of C. palmata)
- C. nana
References
[edit]- ^ Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. Prodr.: 146 (1794)
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Genaust, Helmut (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen ISBN 3-7643-0755-2
- ^ Harling, G. (1958) "Monograph of the Cyclanthaceae" Acta Horti Berg. 18 : 128–131.
- Franz, Nico M.; O'Brien, Charles W. (2001) "Ganglionus, a New Genus of Derelomini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Associated with Carludovica (Cyclanthaceae)" Annals of the Entomological Society of America 94 (6): 835–850.
- Henderson, Peter (1881). Henderson's Handbook of Plants. New York: P. Henderson & Co. p. 38. OL 24234145M.
External links
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