View source for Maranta ← Maranta You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Maranta |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 2. 1753; Gen. Pl., ed. 5; 2, 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Arrowroot;prayer-plant |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Marantaceae;Maranta |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Marantaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Maranta]]</div></div> |etymology=for Bartolomea Maranti, Venetian physician and botanist who lived during the mid 1500s |volume=Volume 22 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism growth form or orientation;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism orientation;whole_organism condition;whole_organism atypical some measurement;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form;season condition or texture"><b>Plants </b>terrestrial, prostrate, scandent, or upright, usually dying back to rhizome during dry season, 0.1–1.5 (–1.8) m.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="rhizome shape"><b>Rhizomes </b>occasionally swollen, storing starch.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem architecture;stem architecture;basal and cauline leaf architecture;stem shape;stem shape;basal leaf quantity;basal leaf quantity"><b>Stems </b>branched or unbranched with basal and cauline leaves to highly branched above elongate, canelike stem (internode) with few or no basal leaves.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>homotropic [rarely antitropic];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sheath shape;sheath texture">sheath usually auriculate, not spongy;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade coloration;blade shape">blade [patterned] plain green, ovate to elliptic.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence quantity;inflorescence shape;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>usually 2–several per shoot, spikel-like, unbranched;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="bract duration;bract position;bract quantity;flower architecture;flower growth form or texture">bracts persistent, subtending 2–6 pedicellate flower pairs, herbaceous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="prophyll shape;prophyll texture">prophylls keeled, membranous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="secondary bract presence">secondary bracts absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="bracteole presence">bracteoles usually absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower reproduction;corolla coloration;staminode coloration"><b>Flowers </b>self-fertilizing [or outcrossing], corolla white, staminodes white [purple];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="sepal duration;sepal some measurement;sepal growth form or texture">sepals persistent in fruit, more than 5 mm, herbaceous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="corolla-tube atypical distance;corolla-tube distance;corolla lobe size">corolla-tube [4–] 12–14 mm, corolla lobes unequal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="outer staminode quantity;outer staminode shape">outer staminodes 2, petallike;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="staminode apex pubescence;staminode apex shape">callose staminode apex usually petallike;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="appendage quantity">cucullate staminode with 1 appendage, medial [subterminal], flaplike [fingerlike];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="staminode shape;staminode position;staminode shape;staminode structure in adjective form">stylar movement in single plane;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="style architecture">style unappendaged.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="fruits capsule architecture;fruits capsule shape;pericarp width;pericarp dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, 1-seeded, obliquely ellipsoid, pericarp relatively thin, dehiscent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="seed coloration;seed shape;seed relief"><b>Seeds </b>brown, ellipsoid, rugose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="perisperm canal quantity;perisperm canal architecture">perisperm canal 1, distally branched;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="aril prominence;aril coloration">aril conspicuous, white.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;s Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America (to n Argentina) |discussion=<p>Species 32 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=andersson1986a |text=Andersson, L. 1986. Revision of Maranta subgen. Maranta. Nordic J. Bot. 6: 729--756. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=anonymous1893a |text=Anonymous. 1893. St. Vincent arrowroot. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1893: 191--204. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=hodge1957a |text=Hodge, W. H. and D. Taylor. 1957. The ethnobotany of the Island Caribs of Dominica. Webbia 12: 513--644. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=morton1977a |text=Morton, J. F. 1977. Wild Plants for Survival in South Florida, ed. 4. Miami. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=purseglove1972a |text=Purseglove, J. W. 1972. Tropical Crops. Monocotyledons. 2 vols. London. Pp. 336--342. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=sturtevant1969a |text=Sturtevant, W. C. 1969. History and ethnography of some West Indian starches. In: P. J. Ucko and G. W. Dimbleby, eds. 1969. The Domestication and Exploitation of Plants and Animals. Chicago. Pp. 177--199. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Maranta |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Marantaceae |distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;s Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America (to n Argentina) |reference=andersson1986a;anonymous1893a;hodge1957a;morton1977a;purseglove1972a;sturtevant1969a |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/62857cf6bca5c4637d27b113da92d27dbf9962f4/V22/V22_142.xml |genus=Maranta |appendage quantity=1 |aril coloration=white |aril prominence=conspicuous |basal and cauline leaf architecture=branched |basal leaf quantity=no;few |blade coloration=plain green |blade shape=ovate;elliptic |bract duration=persistent |bract position=subtending |bract quantity=2;6 |bracteole presence=absent |corolla coloration=white |corolla lobe size=unequal |corolla-tube atypical distance=4mm;12mm |corolla-tube distance=12mm;14mm |flower architecture=pedicellate |flower growth form or texture=herbaceous |flower reproduction=self-fertilizing |fruits capsule architecture=1-seeded |fruits capsule shape=ellipsoid |inflorescence architecture=unbranched |inflorescence quantity=2;several |inflorescence shape=spikel-like |outer staminode quantity=2 |outer staminode shape=petal-like |pericarp dehiscence=dehiscent |pericarp width=thin |perisperm canal architecture=branched |perisperm canal quantity=1 |prophyll shape=keeled |prophyll texture=membranous |rhizome shape=swollen |season condition or texture=dry |secondary bract presence=absent |seed coloration=brown |seed relief=rugose |seed shape=ellipsoid |sepal duration=persistent |sepal growth form or texture=herbaceous |sheath shape=auriculate |sheath texture=not spongy |staminode apex pubescence=callose |staminode apex shape=petal-like |staminode coloration=white |staminode position=medial |staminode shape=flaplike;cucullate |staminode structure in adjective form=stylar |stem architecture=unbranched;branched |stem shape=cane-like;elongate |style architecture=unappendaged |whole_organism atypical some measurement=1.5m;1.8m |whole_organism condition=dying |whole_organism growth form=plant;scandent |whole_organism growth form or habitat=terrestrial |whole_organism growth form or orientation=prostrate |whole_organism orientation=upright |whole_organism some measurement=0.1m;1.5m }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Marantaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Marantaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Maranta.