Information about Marantaceae
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The Marantaceae or arrowroot family is a family of flowering plants known for its large starchy rhizomes. It is sometimes called the prayer-plant family. Combined morphological and DNA phylogenetic analyses indicate the family originated in Africa, although this is not the center of its extant diversity.[1]
The most well known species in the family is arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea), a plant of the Caribbean, grown for its easily digestible starch in parts of the Caribbean, Australasia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Several species of genus Calathea are grown as houseplants for their large ornamental leaves, variegated in shades of green, white and pink. Another genus grown for houseplants includes stromanthe.
Taxonomy
The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, 1998), also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Zingiberales in the clade commelinids in the monocots. The family counts a few dozen genera, totalling hundreds of species, found in the tropical areas of the world except in Australia.References
1. ^ Andersson, L; Chase MW (March 2001). "Phylogeny and classification of Marantaceae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 135 (3): 275-287. Retrieved on 2007-06-02.
External links
- Marantaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27th April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.
- Marantaceae in the Flora of North America
- Marantaceae in the Flora of China
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL
- Maranta (Leuconeura) Common names: Prayer plant, Rabbits tracks
- Prayer Plant (Maranta leuconeura)
- Prayer plant, Rabbit's tracks (Maranta leuconeura 'Kerchoviana')
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Plantae
Haeckel, 1866[1]
Divisions
Green algae
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Haeckel, 1866[1]
Divisions
Green algae
- Chlorophyta
- Charophyta
- Non-vascular land plants (bryophytes)
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Magnoliophyta
Classes
Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots
The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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Classes
Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots
The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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Liliopsida is a botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae (or Lily Family). It is considered synonymous (or nearly synonymous) with the name monocotyledon. Publication of the name is credited to Scopoli (in 1760): see author citation (botany).
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Zingiberales
Griseb.
Families
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Zingiberales is an order of flowering plants. The order has been widely recognised by the taxonomists, at least for the past few decades.
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Griseb.
Families
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Zingiberales is an order of flowering plants. The order has been widely recognised by the taxonomists, at least for the past few decades.
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family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is a rank, or a taxon in that rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Code which applies.
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Magnoliophyta
Classes
Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots
The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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Classes
Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots
The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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Starch (CAS# 9005-25-8, chemical formula (C6H10O5)n,[1]) is a mixture of amylose and amylopectin (usually in 20:80 or 30:70 ratios).
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rhizome is a horizontal stem of a plant that is usually found underground and often sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Good examples of plants with underground rhizomes include medicinally important ginger and turmeric and the economically damaging weeds Johnson grass,
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Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,221,532 km² (11,668,545 sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.4% of the total land area.
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Biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome or for the entire Earth. Biodiversity is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems.
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M. arundinacea
Binomial name
Maranta arundinacea
L.
Arrowroot, or obedience plant, (Maranta arundinacea) is a large perennial herb of genus Maranta
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Binomial name
Maranta arundinacea
L.
Arrowroot, or obedience plant, (Maranta arundinacea) is a large perennial herb of genus Maranta
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Caribbean (Dutch: Cariben or Caraïben, or more commonly Antillen; French: Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Spanish: Caribe
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Australasia is a term variably used to describe a region of Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes (1756).
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Sub-Saharan Africa is the term used to describe the area of the African continent which lies south of the Sahara desert. Geographically, the demarcation line is the southern edge of the Sahara Desert.
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Calathea
G.Mey.
species
Calathea albertii
Calathea crocata
Calathea lancifolia
Calathea loeseneri
Calathea louisae
Calathea makoyana
Calathea orbifolia
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G.Mey.
species
Calathea albertii
Calathea crocata
Calathea lancifolia
Calathea loeseneri
Calathea louisae
Calathea makoyana
Calathea orbifolia
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Variegation is the appearance of differently coloured zones in the leaves, and sometimes the stems, of plants. This may be due to a number of causes. Some variegation is attractive and ornamental, and gardeners tend to preserve these.
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Stromanthe
Stromanthe is a genus of plant in family Marantaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
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Stromanthe is a genus of plant in family Marantaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
- Stromanthe ramosissima, L.Andersson
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A modern system of plant taxonomy, the APG II system of plant classification was published in 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG, in
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- Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003).
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A modern system of plant taxonomy, the APG system of plant classification was published in 1998 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The system is unusual in being based, not on total evidence, but on the cladistic analysis of the DNA sequences of three genes, two chloroplast genes
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Zingiberales
Griseb.
Families
See text
Zingiberales is an order of flowering plants. The order has been widely recognised by the taxonomists, at least for the past few decades.
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Griseb.
Families
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Zingiberales is an order of flowering plants. The order has been widely recognised by the taxonomists, at least for the past few decades.
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In plant taxonomy, the name commelinids (plural, not capitalised) is used by the APG II system for a clade within the monocots, which in its turn is a clade within the angiosperms.
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Monocotyledones
orders
about 10; see text
Monocotyledons or monocots are one of two major groups of flowering plants (angiosperms) that are traditionally recognized, dicotyledons or dicots being the other.
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orders
about 10; see text
Monocotyledons or monocots are one of two major groups of flowering plants (angiosperms) that are traditionally recognized, dicotyledons or dicots being the other.
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Anthem
Advance Australia Fair [1]
Capital Canberra
Largest city Sydney
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Advance Australia Fair [1]
Capital Canberra
Largest city Sydney
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