Canna indica

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Zingiberales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Cannaceae
Genus: Canna
Species: C. bangii – C. flaccida – C. glauca – C. indica – C. iridiflora – C. jaegeriana – C. liliiflora – C. paniculata – C. pedunculata – C. tuerckheimii


Selected artificial nothospecies: C. × ehemannii – C. × generalis – C. × orchioides

Name

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Canna L., Sp. Pl. 1: 1. 1753; Gen Pl., ed. 5: 1. 1754.

  • Lectotype species: Canna indica L., Sp. Pl.: 1. 1753. (designated by N.L. Britton, Fl. Bermuda 86. 28 Feb. 1918, supported by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 114. Aug 1929)

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Cannacorus Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4: s.p. 1754, nom. superfl.
    • Katubala Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 67. 1763.
    • Xyphostylis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 52. 1838.
  • Heterotypic
    • Achirida Horan., Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 18. 1862.
    • Distemon Bouché, Linnaea 18: 494. 1845.
    • Eurystylus Bouché, Linnaea 18: 485. 1845.

Notes

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The more conservative view of Maas & Maas (2008) is adopted here over N. Tanaka (2001).

The following are a selection of names encountered in horticulture, but reported by Mass & Mass as nom. nud. and therefore illegal combinations of dubious ancestry.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • South-Central U.S.A.
      • Texas.
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina.
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Brazil
      • Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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čeština: Dosna
Deutsch: Blumenrohr
English: Indian Shot
Esperanto: Kanao
فارسی: اختریان
suomi: Kannat
hornjoserbsce: Bahorka
日本語: カンナ
перем коми: Канна
коми: Канна
മലയാളം: കന്നാ
кырык мары: Канна
эрзянь: Аварькай цеця
polski: Paciorecznik
русский: Канна
српски / srpski: Кана
svenska: Kannasläktet
தமிழ்: மணிவாழை
తెలుగు: మెట్ట తామర
Türkçe: Kana çiçeği
удмурт: Канна
中文: 美人蕉科, 美人蕉属
中文(简体): 美人蕉属


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