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Maschalocephalus
Sign in to saveMaschalocephalus is a genus of plants in the family Rapateaceae first described in 1900.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyRapateaceae
Native toGuinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone
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- Rapateaceae
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- Maschalocephalus
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Maschalocephalus is a genus of plants in the family Rapateaceae first described in 1900.
As a disjunct, it is the only genus of the family outside of South America, as the genus's only known species is Maschalocephalus dinklagei, native to West Africa (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maschalocephalus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.