Thaumatococcus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Marantaceae
Genus: Thaumatococcus
Species: T. daniellii – T. flavus
Name

Thaumatococcus Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 652 (1883)

Type species: Thaumatococcus daniellii (Benn.) Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 652 (1883)

References

Bentham, G. (1883) Genera Plantarum 3: 652. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Thaumatococcus 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. Thaumatococcus. Published online. Accessed: May 2 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Thaumatococcus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 May 2.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Thaumatococcus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Thaumatococcus is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the arrowroot family, Marantaceae, thought for many years to contain a single species from western Africa: Thaumatococcus daniellii.[1] A second species, however, was described in 2012: Thaumatococcus flavus, native to Gabon in central Africa.[2]
References

Bentham, George & Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1883. Genera Plantarum 3: 652, Thaumatococcus daniellii
Ley, Alexandra C. 2012. Adansonia, série 3, 34(1): 44, figs. 1, 6, Thaumatococcus flavus