Maschalocephalus is a genus of plants in the family Rapateaceae first described in 1900.[1][2]
| Maschalocephalus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Rapateaceae |
| Genus: | Maschalocephalus Gilg & K.Schum. |
| Species: | M. dinklagei
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| Binomial name | |
| Maschalocephalus dinklagei Gilg & K.Schum.
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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).[3]
The genus name Maschalocephalus combines the Greek μασχάλη, maschalē ("axil") with κεφαλή, kephalē ("head").[4] The specific epithet dinklagei commemorates Max Julius Dinklage (1864-1935), a German consul in Monrovia and avid botanical specimens collector.[5]
References
edit- ^ Gilg, Ernest Friedrich & Schumann, Karl Moritz. 1900. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28: 148
- ^ Tropicos, Maschalocephalus Gilg & K.Schum.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (1999). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. CRC Press. p. 1627. ISBN 978-0-8493-2677-6.
- ^ Baldwin, J. T. Jr. (May 1950). "Geography of Maschalocephalus Dinklage". American Journal of Botany. 37 (5): 402–405. doi:10.2307/2438109. JSTOR 2438109.
External links
edit- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Maschalocephalus". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.