Overview
Cyclanthaceae is a family of flowering plants.
The APG system (1998) and the APG II system (2003) assign it to the order Pandanales in the clade monocots. The family occurs in the neotropics and consists of 12 genera.
- Asplundia Harling
- Carludovica Ruiz & Pav.
- Chorigyne R.Erikss.
- Cyclanthus Poit.
- Dianthoveus Hammel & Wilder
- Dicranopygium Harling
- Evodianthus Oerst.
- Ludovia Brongn.
- Schultesiophytum Harling
- Sphaeradenia Harling
- Stelestylis Drude
- Thoracocarpus Harling
Cultivation and uses
The family is probably best known for Carludovica palmata, the young leaves of which are made into Panama hats.
An unidentified species belonging to this family (possibly a Carludovica species) has been marketed as a houseplant in the United States under the name "Jungle Drum".
Carludovica divergens is added to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca.
The APG system (1998) and the APG II system (2003) assign it to the order Pandanales in the clade monocots. The family occurs in the neotropics and consists of 12 genera.- Asplundia Harling
- Carludovica Ruiz & Pav.
- Chorigyne R.Erikss.
- Cyclanthus Poit.
- Dianthoveus Hammel & Wilder
- Dicranopygium Harling
- Evodianthus Oerst.
- Ludovia Brongn.
- Schultesiophytum Harling
- Sphaeradenia Harling
- Stelestylis Drude
- Thoracocarpus Harling
Cultivation and uses
The family is probably best known for Carludovica palmata, the young leaves of which are made into Panama hats.
An unidentified species belonging to this family (po ssibly a Carludovica species) has been marketed as a houseplant in the United States under the name "Jungle Drum".
Carludovica divergens is added to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca.
References
Notes
General references
- Cyclanthaceae in L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards), The families of flowering plants
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- NCBI Taxonomy Browser: Cyclanthaceae
- CSDL, Texas: Cyclanthaceae
Taxonomy
The Family Cyclanthaceae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (2): Carludovicoideae · Cyclanthoideae
- Genus (17): Asplundia · Cardulovica · Carludovica · Chorigyne · Cyclanthus · Dianthoveus · Dicranopygium · Discanthus · Evodianthus · Ludovia · Pseudoludovia · Salmia · Sarcinanthus · Schultesiophytum · Sphaeradenia · Stelestylis · Thoracocarpus
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 356 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Family Cyclanthaceae.
Genera
Asplundia
Asplundia is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae. They are distributed in the Neotropic ecozone from southern Mexico to southern Brazil. [more]
Cardulovica
Carludovica
Chorigyne
Cyclanthus
Dianthoveus
Dicranopygium
Dicranopygium is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae. They are distributed in the Neotropic ecozone from Mexico to Peru. [more]
Discanthus
Evodianthus
Ludovia
Pseudoludovia
Salmia
Sarcinanthus
Schultesiophytum
Sphaeradenia
Sphaeradenia is a genus of in family Cyclanthaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Stelestylis
Thoracocarpus
More info about the Genus Thoracocarpus may be found here.
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