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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Maschalocephalus is a genus of plants in the family Rapateaceae first described in 1900. [1] [2]
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]
Maschalocephalus | |
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Scientific classification
![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Rapateaceae |
Genus: |
Maschalocephalus Gilg & K.Schum. |
Species: | M. dinklagei
|
Binomial name | |
Maschalocephalus dinklagei Gilg & K.Schum.
|
Maschalocephalus is a genus of plants in the family Rapateaceae first described in 1900. [1] [2]
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]