Marantochloa
Marantochloa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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] | |
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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]
- – Gabon
- – Comoros, Madagascar
- – West and Central Africa
- – West and Central Africa
- – Central Africa
- – West and Central Africa
- – West and Central Africa
- – Gabon
- – Gabon
- – tropical Africa
- – West and Central Africa
- – Gabon, Cabinda, Republic of the Congo
- Marantochloa mildbraedii – Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon
- – West and Central Africa
- – Gabon
- Marantochloa purpurea – tropical Africa
- – West Africa
- – Gabon
References[]
Categories:
- Marantochloa
- Zingiberales genera
- Flora of Africa
- Taxa named by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart
- Taxa named by Jean Antoine Arthur Gris
- Zingiberales stubs