Monocyclanthus
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 | |
|---|---|
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 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 the 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
- Hawthorne, W. 1998. Monocyclanthus vignei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998. Downloaded on 28 September 2015.
- Monocyclanthus. Tropicos.
- Keay, R.W.J. (1953). "Revision of the "Flora of West Tropical Africa".: III". Kew Bulletin. Kew, England. 8 (69): 69–82. doi:10.2307/4117161. JSTOR 4117161.
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