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Monocyclanthus
Sign in to saveMonocyclanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae containing the single species Monocyclanthus vignei. It is native to Ghana and Liberia. It is a rare plant of the understory of wet evergreen forest habitat.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMagnoliales
- FamilyAnnonaceae
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- Parent taxon
- Annonaceae
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- Monocyclanthus
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Monocyclanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae containing the single species Monocyclanthus vignei. It is native to Ghana and Liberia. It is a rare plant of the understory of wet evergreen forest habitat.
Monocyclanthus and Monocyclanthus vignei were first described in 1953 by Keay.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monocyclanthus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.