Cyclanthus Explained

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.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species^[1]

• 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

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=303759 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://www.staff.uni-marburg.de/~b_morpho/triuris.html Marburg University
3. Web site: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Cyclanthus bipartitus Poit. ex A. Rich. . 2012-12-29 . 2014-09-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140905165244/http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/herbarium/species/16798/?fam=Cyclanthaceae&page=2 . dead .
4. http://www.tropical-biology.org/research/dip/species/Cyclanthus%20bipartitus.htm Tropical Biology Association, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Darwin Initiative, Cyclanthus bipartitus