Thalia (Marantaceae)

Thalia geniculata

Taxonavigation

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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

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

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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Primary references

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  • 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

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  • Govaerts, R. 2004. World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1–54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page
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Vernacular names

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English: Alligator-flag
 
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