Canna

Canna indica

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

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

• 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

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.

• Canna aurea Hort. ex Horan. nom. nud.
• Canna caripensis Hort. ex Horan. nom. nud.
• Canna macrocarpa Hort. ex Horan. nom. nud.
• Canna nudata Lodd. nom. nud.
• Canna ovata Hort. ex Horan. nom. nud.
• Canna petiolata Wall. ex Horan. nom. nud.
• Canna vitellina Hort. ex Horan. nom. nud.

Distribution

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

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 1. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 1. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Maas-Van de Kamer, H. & Maas, P.J.M. 2008. The Cannaceae of the world. Blumea-Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 53(2): 247-318. DOI: 10.3767/000651908X607945 PDF Reference page. 
• de las Mercedes Ciciarelli, M. & Rolleri, C.H. 2008. Morfología, taxonomía y caracterización de siete especies neotropicales del genero Canna (Cannaceae, Zingiberales). Botanica Complutensis 32: 157–184.
• Tanaka, N. 2001. Taxonomic revision of the family Cannaceae in the New World and Asia. Makinoa ser. 2, 1: 34–43.

Links

• Tropicos.org 2012. Canna. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 April 2012.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Canna in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2010 Jan 22.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Canna in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2012. Canna. Published online. Accessed: April 13 2012.

Vernacular names

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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