Saranthe

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Marantaceae
Genus: Saranthe
Species: S. composita – S. eichleri – S. gladioli – S. glumacea – S. klotzschiana – S. leptostachya – S. madagascariensis – S. membranacea – S. tenuifolia – S. ustulata
Name

Saranthe (Regel & Körn.) Eichler, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1883: 85 (1884)

Type species: Saranthe leptostachya (Regel & Körn.) Eichler, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1883: 86 (1884)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Ctenophrynium K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 48: 68 (1902)

References

Eichler, A.W. (1884) Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1883: 85. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Saranthe 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. Saranthe. Published online. Accessed: May 2 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Saranthe. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 May 2.

Saranthe is a genus of plants native to Brazil and Paraguay, described as a genus in 1861.[1][2][3]

Species[1]

Saranthe composita - Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
Saranthe eichleri - Paraguay, Paraná, São Paulo[4]
Saranthe gladioli - Rio de Janeiro
Saranthe glumacea - Rio de Janeiro
Saranthe klotzschiana - Rio de Janeiro, Bahia
Saranthe leptostachya - Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo
Saranthe madagascariensis - Rio de Janeiro, Bahia
Saranthe membranacea - Minas Gerais
Saranthe tenuifolia - Rio de Janeiro
Saranthe ustulata - Santa Catarina

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Saranthe
August Wilhelm Eichler. 1884. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1883: 85. description in Latin, commentary in German
Tropicos Saranthe Eichler
Tropicos, specimen list for Saranthe eichleri