Maranta

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Marantaceae
Genus: Maranta
Species: M. amazonica – M. amplifolia – M. anderssoniana – M. arundinacea – M. bahiensis – M. bracteosa – M. burchellii – M. chrysogina – M. cordata – M. coriacea – M. cristata – M. cyclophylla – M. divaricata – M. foliosa – M. friedrichsthaliana – M. furcata – M. gibba – M. gigantea – M. hatschbachiana – M. humilis – M. incrassata – M. leuconeura – M. lindmanii – M. linearis – M. longiflora – M. loriflora – M. nanica – M. noctiflora – M. orbiculata – M. parvifolia – M. phrynioides – M. pilosissima – M. pluriflora – M. pohliana – M. polystachya – M. protracta – M. pulchra – M. rugosa – M. ruiziana – M. rupicola – M. sobolifera – M. sophiana – M. tuberculata – M. vieirae – M. villosovaginata – M. zingiberina

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Maranta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 15. Reference page.

Name

Maranta Plum. ex L. Sp. Pl. 1: 2 (1753); Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 2 (1754).

Type species: Maranta arundinacea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 2 (1753) (by monotypy)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Allouya Plum. ex Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 931 (1775).
- Koernickanthe L.Andersson, Nordic J. Bot. 1: 240 (1981)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa (introduced)
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Mauritius, Réunion.
Continental: Asia-Temperate (introduced)
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Kazan-retto, Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced)
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Cambodia.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Philippines.
Continental: Pacific (introduced)
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu.
- Regional: South-Central Pacific
  - Cook Islands.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida (introduced).
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Bermuda (introduced), Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica (introduced), Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles (introduced), Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Paraguay.

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

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 2. Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 2. Reference page.

Additional references

Braga, J.M.A. 2014. New combinations in the genus Goeppertia (Marantaceae). Phytotaxa 167(1): 143–144. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.167.1.13 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Maranta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov. 8. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Maranta. Published online. Accessed: May 2 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Maranta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Prayer Plant
suomi: Nukkumatit
italiano: Maranta
português: urubá

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