Maschalocephalus

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Home Plants magnoliophyta liliopsida poales rapateaceae Maschalocephalus

Gilg & K.Schum.

1900

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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). The genus name Maschalocephalus combines the Greek μασχάλη, maschalē ("axil") with κεφαλή, kephalē ("head"). The specific epithet dinklagei commemorates Max Julius Dinklage (1864-1935), a German consul in Monrovia and avid botanical specimens collector....read more on Wikipedia.