Maschalocephalus is a genus of plants in the family Rapateaceae first described in 1900.[1][2]

Maschalocephalus
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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
Binomial name
Maschalocephalus dinklagei
Gilg & K.Schum.

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 [fr] (1864-1935), a German consul in Monrovia and avid botanical specimens collector.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Gilg, Ernest Friedrich & Schumann, Karl Moritz. 1900. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28: 148
  2. ^ Tropicos, Maschalocephalus Gilg & K.Schum.
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (1999). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. CRC Press. p. 1627. ISBN 978-0-8493-2677-6.
  5. ^ Baldwin, J. T. Jr. (May 1950). "Geography of Maschalocephalus Dinklage". American Journal of Botany. 37 (5): 402–405. doi:10.2307/2438109. JSTOR 2438109.
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