Marantaceae

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Marantaceae
Genera: Afrocalathea – Calathea – Ctenanthe – Donax – Goeppertia – Halopegia – Haumania – Hylaeanthe – Hypselodelphys – Indianthus – Ischnosiphon – Maranta – Marantochloa – Megaphrynium – Monophyllanthe – Monotagma – Myanmaranthus – Myrosma – Phrynium – Pleiostachya – Sanblasia – Saranthe – Sarcophrynium – Schumannianthus – Stachyphrynium – Stromanthe – Thalia – Thaumatococcus – Trachyphrynium

Name

Marantaceae R.Br. Voy. Terra Austral. 2: 575 (1814) nom. cons.

Type genus: Maranta L. Sp. PL. 1: 2 (1753)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Marantoideae Eaton, Bot. Dict. ed. 4: 29 (1836) (“Marantaceae”)
  - Maranteae Meisn., Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 389, Comm. 292 (1842)

References

Primary references

Brown, R. 1814. A Voyage to Terra Australis 2: 575.

Additional references

Prince, L.M. & Kress, J.W. (2006)a Phylogenetic relationships and classification in Marantaceae: insights from plastid DNA sequence data. Taxon 55(2): pp. 281-296. Available on line from ResearchGate
Prince, L.M. & Kress, J.W. (2006)b Phylogeny and biogeography of the Prayer Plant Family: Getting to the roots of the problem in Marantaceae. Aliso 22, pp. 645–659.
Suksathan, P., Gustafsson, M.H. & Borchsenius, F. (2009), Phylogeny and generic delimitation of Asian Marantaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 159: 381–395. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00949.x.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Marantaceae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Marantaceae. Published online. Accessed: November 09 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Marantaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 November 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Marantaceae. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 09. Reference page.
Lohmueller F.A. 2005. The Botanical System of the Plants[1]

Vernacular names

English: Prayer-Plant Family, Arrowroot Family
suomi: Marantakasvit
magyar: Nyílgyökérfélék
italiano: Marantacee
日本語: クズウコン科
Nederlands: Maranta-achtigen
中文: 竹芋科