Thalia (Marantaceae)

Thalia geniculata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Marantaceae
Genus: Thalia
Species: T. dealbata – T. densibracteata – T. geniculata – T. multiflora – T. pavonii – T. petersiana

Name

Thalia L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1193, (1753)

• Type species: Thalia geniculata L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1193 (1753)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Malacarya Raf. in Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 190 (1819)
  • Peronia Redouté in Liliac. 6: t. 342 (1811)
  • Spirostylis Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 51 (1838), nom. illeg

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical Africa & America Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Mali, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, Sudan, Suriname, Texas, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 

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. Thalia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 May 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Thalia. Published online. Accessed: May 2 2015.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Thalia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 May 2015.

Vernacular names

English: Alligator-flag

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