Marantochloa

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Marantochloa
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Marantochloa leucantha
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
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 purpurea1.jpg
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]

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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