Schumannianthus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Marantaceae
Genus: Schumannianthus
Species: S. dichotomus – S. monophyllus
Name

Schumannianthus Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 51: 169 (1904)

Type species: Schumannianthus dichotomus (Roxb.) Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 51: 176 (1904)

References

Gagnepain, F. (1904) Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 51: 176. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Schumannianthus 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. Schumannianthus. Published online. Accessed: May 2 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Schumannianthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 May 2.

Schumannianthus is a group of plants in the Marantaceae described as a genus in 1904.[1][2][3]

Schumannianthus dichotomus is cultivated in riverine areas of South Asia and Southeast Asia for making Shital pati, mats that feel cool to the touch, for use on floors and beds.[4]

Species[1]

Schumannianthus dichotomus (Roxb.) Gagnep. - E Himalayas, Indochina, P Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines
Schumannianthus monophyllus Suksathan, Borchs. & A.D.Poulsen - Sarawak

References

"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
Gagnepain, François. 1904. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 51: 176 in French
Tropicos, Schumannianthus Gagnep.
Romel Ahmed; A. N. M. Fakhrul Islam; Mostafizur Rahman & Md. Abdul Halim (2007). "Management and economic value of Schumannianthus dichotoma in rural homesteads in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh". International Journal of Biodiversity Science & Management. 3 (4): 252–258. doi:10.1080/17451590709618178.