Marantochloa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Marantaceae
Genus: Marantochloa
Species: M. alba – M. comorensis – M. conferta – M. congensis – M. cordifolia – M. cuspidata – M. filipes – M. grandiflora – M. incertifolia – M. leucantha – M. mannii – M. microphylla – M. mildbraedii – M. monophylla – M. montsdecristalii – M. purpurea – M. ramosissima – M. sulphurea
Name

Marantochloa Brongn. ex Gris, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 7: 321 (1860)

Type species: Marantochloa comorensis Brongn. ex Gris, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 7: 321 (1860)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Clinogyne Salisb. ex Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 651 (1883)
Ataenidia Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 41 (1908)

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]

Marantochloa alba – Gabon
Marantochloa comorensis – Comoros, Madagascar
Marantochloa conferta – West and Central Africa
Marantochloa congensis – West and Central Africa
Marantochloa cordifolia – Central Africa
Marantochloa cuspidata – West and Central Africa
Marantochloa filipes – West and Central Africa
Marantochloa grandiflora – Gabon
Marantochloa incertifolia – Gabon
Marantochloa leucantha – tropical Africa
Marantochloa mannii – West and Central Africa
Marantochloa microphylla – Gabon, Cabinda, Republic of the Congo
Marantochloa mildbraedii – Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon
Marantochloa monophylla – West and Central Africa
Marantochloa montsdecristalii – Gabon
Marantochloa purpurea – tropical Africa
Marantochloa ramosissima – West Africa
Marantochloa sulphurea – Gabon

References

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

References

Brongniart, A.T. (1860) Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 7: 321. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Marantochloa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 May 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Marantochloa. Published online. Accessed: May 2 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Marantochloa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 May 2.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Marantochloa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.