Cyclanthaceae is a family of flowering plants.

Taxonomy

Earlier systems, such as the Cronquist system and the Takhtajan system, placed it as the sole family in the order Cyclanthales. In the classification system of Dahlgren the Cyclanthaceae were the sole family of the order Cyclanthales in the

superorder Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and ...

Cyclanthiflorae (also called Cyclanthanae). The APG system (1998) and the APG II system (2003) assign it to the order

Pandanales Pandanales, the pandans or screw-pines, is an order of flowering plants placed in the monocot clade in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group and Angiosperm Phylogeny Web systems. Within the monocots Pandanales are grouped in the lilioid monocots wh ...

in the clade monocots. The family occurs in the neotropics and consists of 12 genera with a total of ca 230 known species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016 ).

Subdivision

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Asplundia ''Asplundia'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to southern Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portugues ...

'' Harling *''

Carludovica ''Carludovica'' is a genus in the family Cyclanthaceae. It is native to tropical America, from southern Mexico and Guatemala to Ecuador and Bolivia. ''Carludovica'' is named in honor of Charles IV of Spain and his wife Maria Luisa of Parma.Genau ...

'' Ruiz & Pav. *''

Chorigyne ''Chorigyne'' is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1989. All the known species are native to Costa Rica and Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a ...

'' R.Erikss. *''

Cyclanthus ''Cyclanthus'' 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 Monocotyledons (), commonly referred to as ...

'' Poit. *''

Dianthoveus ''Dianthoveus'' is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1989. It contains only one known species, ''Dianthoveus cremnophilus'' , native to Colombia and Ecuador in South America South America is a continent entirely in the We ...

'' Hammel & Wilder *''

Dicranopygium ''Dicranopygium'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. They are distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , ima ...

'' Harling *''

Evodianthus ''Evodianthus'' is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1857. It contains only one known species, ''Evodianthus funifer'' , native to Trinidad & Tobago, Central America (Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua) and northern South America (N Bra ...

'' Oerst. *''

Ludovia ''Ludovia'' is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1861. All the known species are native to Central and South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, w ...

'' Brongn. *''

Schultesiophytum ''Schultesiophytum'' is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1958. It contains only one known species, ''Schultesiophytum chorianthum'' , native to Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador in South America South America is a continent en ...

'' Harling *''

Sphaeradenia ''Sphaeradenia'' is a genus of plant in family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. It is native to Central America and South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the South ...

'' Harling *'' Stelestylis'' Drude *''

Thoracocarpus ''Thoracocarpus'' is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1958. It contains only one known species, ''Thoracocarpus bissectus'' a hemiepiphytic vine. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, and South America (C ...

'' 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.

References

Bibliography

Cyclanthaceae
in L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards)
''The families of flowering plants''

NCBI Taxonomy Browser: CyclanthaceaeCSDL, Texas: Cyclanthaceae
* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q849471 Monocot families