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| Genus: | Triphyophyllum |
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Triphyophyllum (/ˌtrɪfi.ɵˈfɪləm/) is a monotypic plant genus, containing the single species Triphyophyllum peltatum. It is endemic to tropical western Africa and has been located in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire.
It is a liana that produces three distinct types of leaves with variable morphology, as indicated by the genus eipthet. In the first stage, T. peltatum has simple lanceolate leaves, and looks nondescript. However, it then additionally develops long, glandular leaves, resembling those of the related Drosophyllum, which capture insects. The plant then enters its adult liana form, with short non-carnivorous leaves on a long twining stem.
T. peltatum is currently cultivated in only three botanical gardens: Abidjan, Bonn, and Würzburg. It is exceedingly rare in private collections.
Description
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Botanical history and taxonomy
editTriphyophyllum peltatum was first collected in Sierra Leone in 1861 near the "Bagroo River" by Gustav Mann. The first specimen from Liberia was collected in 1910 by R. H. Bunting [1]
References
edit- ^ Airy Shaw, H. K. 1951. On the Dioncophyllaceae, a remarkable new family of flowering plants. Kew Bulletin, 6(3): 327-347.
- Bringmann, G., H. Rischer, J. Schlauer, K. Wolf, A. Kreiner, M. Duschek & L.A. Assi 2002. "The Tropical Liana Triphyophyllum peltatum (Dioncophyllaceae): Formation of Carnivorous Organs is only a facultative prerequisite for shoot elongation" (PDF). (1.30 MiB) Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 31(2): 44–52.
- Bringmann, G., J. Schlauer, K. Wolf, H. Rischer, U. Buschbom, A. Kreiner, F. Thiele, M. Duschek & L.A. Assi 1999. "Cultivation of Triphyophyllum peltatum (Dioncophyllaceae), the part-time carnivorous plant" (PDF). (1.25 MiB) Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 28(1): 7–13.
- Bringmann, G., M. Wenzel, H.P. Bringmann & J. Schlauer 2001. "Uptake of the amino acid alaninie by digestive leaves: proof of carnivory in the tropical liana Triphyophyllum peltatum (Dioncophyllaceae)" (PDF). (434 KiB) Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 30(1): 15–21.
- Jonathan 1992. "A letter from Sierra Leone" (PDF). (541 KiB) Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 21(3): 51–53.
- Rice, B. 2007. Carnivorous plants with hybrid trapping strategies. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 36(1): 23–27.
- Simons, P. 1981. "How Exclusive are Carnivorous Plants?" (PDF). (1.10 MiB) Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 10(3): 65–68, 79–80.
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