Thalia (plant)
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| Thalia dealbata Illustration by Sydenham Edwards in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1815 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: | Thalia L. |
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Thalia is a genus of six currently recognized species found in aquatic or marshy habitats, ranging in Africa from Senegal to Sudan to Zimbabwe, and in the Americas from Illinois to Argentina.[1] Alligator-flag is a common name for plants in this genus.[2] The generic name is in honor of (1542–1583), a German doctor who wrote a Flora of the Harz Mountains.
Cultivation[]
Semihardy in cultivation, it needs protection against frosts. It can be propagated by seed or division of the rootstock in the spring.
Species[]
Species:[1]
- Thalia dealbata Fraser - southeastern United States
- Petersen - Brazil
- Thalia geniculata L. - Africa, Florida, Louisiana, tropical Americas
- Horkel ex Körn. - Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
- Thalia pavonii Körn. - Ecuador
- K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - Brazil
References[]
- ^ a b c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Species".
- ^ "Thalia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
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- Zingiberales genera
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- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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