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Cyclanthus

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Cyclanthus is 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.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Cyclanthus is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to Monocots, plant and Latin America.

Vinony files it under Cyclanthaceae, Pandanales genera and Taxa named by Pierre Antoine Poiteau.

Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

split-leaf cyclanthus

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPandanales
  5. FamilyCyclanthaceae
Native toBelize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua
Observations724

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
106
With media
23
Family
Cyclanthaceae
Collections
IBUNAM, US, F, MO, EKY, NHMUK
Recorded in
Guatemala, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Cyclanthaceae
Image
Cyclanthus bipartitus NG.png
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Commons category
Cyclanthus
taxon name
Cyclanthus
taxon rank
genus
taxonomic type
Cyclanthus bipartitus
taxon common name
环花草属
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Cyclanthus is 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. Species 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==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cyclanthus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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