Marantochloa

Marantochloa
Marantochloa leucantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Clade:Commelinids
Order:Zingiberales
Family:Marantaceae
Genus:Marantochloa
Brongn. ex Gris
Type species
Marantochloa comorensis
Synonyms[2]
  • Clinogyne Salisb. ex Benth.
  • Ataenidia Gagnep.
Flowers of Marantochloa purpurea

Marantochloa is a genus of plant in family Marantaceae described as a genus in 1860.[1][3] It is native to tropical Africa and to islands in the Indian Ocean.

Species[2]
  1. Marantochloa alba - Gabon
  2. Marantochloa comorensis - Comoros, Madagascar
  3. Marantochloa conferta - W + C Africa
  4. Marantochloa congensis - W + C Africa
  5. Marantochloa cordifolia - C Africa
  6. Marantochloa cuspidata - W + C Africa
  7. Marantochloa filipes - W + C Africa
  8. Marantochloa grandiflora - Gabon
  9. Marantochloa incertifolia - Gabon
  10. Marantochloa leucantha - tropical Africa
  11. Marantochloa mannii - W + C Africa
  12. Marantochloa microphylla - Gabon, Cabinda, Congo Rep
  13. Marantochloa mildbraedii - Gabon, Cen Afr Rep, Congo Rep, Eq Guinea, Cameroon
  14. Marantochloa monophylla - W + C Africa
  15. Marantochloa montsdecristalii - Gabon
  16. Marantochloa purpurea- tropical Africa
  17. Marantochloa ramosissima - W Africa
  18. Marantochloa sulphurea - Gabon

References

  1. 1 2 Tropico, Marantochloa Brongn. ex Gris
  2. 1 2 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
  3. ↑ Gris, Jean Antoine Arthur. 1860. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 7: 320-321 in French and Latin


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