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Monocyclanthus

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Monocyclanthus
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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

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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

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It is threatened by ecosystem conversion and degradation, from mining, quarrying, logging and wood-harvesting.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Monocyclanthus. Tropicos.
  3. ^ 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.