Monocyclanthus
Monocyclanthus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Magnoliales |
Family: | Annonaceae |
Genus: | Monocyclanthus Keay |
Species: | M. vignei |
Binomial name | |
Monocyclanthus vignei |
Monocyclanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae containing the single species Monocyclanthus vignei.[2] It is native to Ghana and Liberia. It is a rare plant of the understory of wet evergreen forest habitat.[1]
Monocyclanthus and Monocyclanthus vignei were first described in 1953 by Keay.[3]
Description
It is distinguished from plants in the genus, Uvaria, by the single whorl of petals being valvate, and from Isolona, by both the carpels and the petals being free.[3] The flowers are cauliflorous, that is, they flower on the trunk (or major branches).[3]
Threats
It is threatened by ecosystem conversion and degradation, from mining, quarrying, logging and wood-harvesting.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Hawthorne, W. (1998). "Monocyclanthus vignei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T32185A9680283. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32185A9680283.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Monocyclanthus. Tropicos.
- ^ a b c Keay, R.W.J. (1953). "Revision of the "Flora of West Tropical Africa".: III". Kew Bulletin. 8 (69): 69–82. Bibcode:1953KewBu...8...69K. doi:10.2307/4117161. JSTOR 4117161.