Carludovica

Carludovica
Carludovica drudei inflorescences
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Pandanales
Family:	Cyclanthaceae
Genus:	Carludovica Ruiz & Pav.[1]
Synonyms[2]
Ludovia Pers., rejected name Salmia Willd. 1811 not Cav. 1795 nor Post & Kuntze 1903 nor Hort. Sander. ex Gard. Chron.

Carludovica is a genus in the family Cyclanthaceae. It is native to tropical America, from southern Mexico and Guatemala to Ecuador and Bolivia.^[2] Carludovica is named in honor of Charles IV of Spain and his wife Maria Luisa of Parma.^[3][4]

The genus is probably best known for Carludovica palmata (toquilla), the young leaves of which are made into Panama hats.

An unidentified species belonging to this family (possibly a Carludovica species) has been marketed as a houseplant in the United States under the name "Jungle Drum".

According to Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, there are four species^[2]

• Carludovica drudei Mast. - Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
• Carludovica palmata Ruiz & Pav. - widespread from Tabasco to Bolivia
• Carludovica rotundifolia Schaedtler - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama
• Carludovica sulcata Hammel - Nicaragua, Costa Rica

Tropicos lists more species but it may contain potential synonyms:

C. acuminata

- C. angustifolia

- C. angustissima

- C. asplundii

- C. atropurpurea

- C. atrovirens

- C. aurantiaca

- C. brachypus

- C. bracteosa

- C. caput-medusae

- C. caribaea

- C. caulescens

- C. chelidonura

- C. chiapensis

- C. coma-pyrrhae

- C. coronata

- C. costaricensis

- C. crenifolia

- C. decurrens

- C. dentata

- C. disticha

- C. divergens (syn. of Asplundia divergens)

- C. drudei

- C. ecuadoriensis

- C. elegans

- C. ensiformis

- C. euryphylla

- C. fanshawei

- C. fimbriata

- C. funifera

- C. gardneri

- C. gigantea (syn. of C. palmata)

- C. glandulosa

- C. glauca

- C. goebelii

- C. gracilis

- C. helicotricha

- C. heterophylla

- C. hookeri

- C. horrida

- C. humilis

- C. imperialis

- C. incisa (syn. of C. palmata)

- C. insignis

- C. insularis

- C. integrifolia

- C. irazuensis

- C. kegeliana

- C. killipii

- C. labela

- C. lancifolia

- C. latifolia

- C. latifrons

- C. laucheana

- C. leucocarpa

- C. longicomans

- C. longicrura

- C. longipes

- C. macropoda

- C. marceana

- C. mattogrossensis

- C. mexicana

- C. microcarpa

- C. microcephala

- C. microphylla

- C. moritziana

- C. nana

- C. nobilis

- C. oerstedii

- C. palmata

- C. palmifolia

- C. parvula

- C. phacospatha

- C. pittieri

- C. plicata

- C. plumerii

- C. polymera

- C. pygmaea

- C. quitoensis

- C. rheithrophila

- C. rhodocephala

- C. rigida

- C. rivularis

- C. rotundifolia

- C. rupestris

- C. sarmentosa

- C. sartori

- C. scandens

- C. schizophylla

- C. sellowiana

- C. serpens

- C. serrata

- C. stenophylla

- C. steyermarkii

- C. stylaris

- C. subacaulis

- C. sulcata

- C. tabascana

- C. tetragona

- C. tetragonopus

- C. tocoso

- C. trailiana

- C. trigona

- C. tristicha

- C. utilis

- C. vestita

- C. wallisii

- C. williamsii

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