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.[2][3][4][5]
Cyclanthus | |
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Cyclanthus bipartitus [1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Pandanales |
Family: | Cyclanthaceae |
Genus: | Cyclanthus Poit. ex A.Rich. |
Synonyms[2] | |
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- 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