Marantochloa

Marantochloa conferta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zingiberales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Marantaceae
Genus: Marantochloa
Species: M. alba – M. comorensis – M. conferta – M. congensis – M. cordifolia – M. cuspidata – M. filipes – M. grandiflora – M. incertifolia – M. leucantha – M. mannii – M. microphylla – M. mildbraedii – M. monophylla – M. montsdecristalii – M. purpurea – M. ramosissima – M. sulphurea

Name

Marantochloa Brongn. ex Gris, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 7: 321 (1860)

• Type species: Marantochloa comorensis Brongn. ex Gris, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 7: 321 (1860)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Clinogyne Salisb. ex Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 651 (1883)
  • Ataenidia Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 41 (1908)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa ' Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brongniart, A.T. 1860. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 7: 321. BHL

Additional references

• Govaerts, R. 2004. World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1–54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Marantochloa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 May 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Marantochloa. Published online. Accessed May 2 2015.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Marantochloa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2 May 2015.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Marantochloa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

مصرى: مارانتوكلوا
suomi: Käärelehdet
中文: 芦竹芋属

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