Stromanthe
Stromanthe lutea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Stromanthe
Sond.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Marantopsis Körn.
  • Kerchovea Joriss.

Stromanthe is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae, native to the tropical portions of the Americas from Mexico to Trinidad to northern Argentina.[2][3][4]

Species[2]
  • Stromanthe angustifolia - Bolivia
  • Stromanthe bahiensis - Bahia
  • Stromanthe boliviana - Bolivia, NW Argentina
  • Stromanthe confusa - Bolivia
  • Stromanthe glabra - E + S Brazil
  • Stromanthe guapilesensis - Costa Rica
  • Stromanthe hjalmarssonii - Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
  • Stromanthe idroboi - Colombia, Venezuela
  • Stromanthe jacquinii - Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
  • Stromanthe macrochlamys - S Mexico, Central America, Colombia
  • Stromanthe palustris - Costa Rica
  • Stromanthe papillosa - SE + S Brazil
  • Stromanthe popolucana - Veracruz
  • Stromanthe porteana - E Brazil
  • Stromanthe ramosissima - Ecuador
  • Stromanthe sanguinea - Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon (synonym of S. thalia)
  • Stromanthe schottiana - E + SE Brazil
  • Stromanthe sellowiana - Bahia, Rio de Janeiro
  • Stromanthe stromanthoides - Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Acre
  • Stromanthe thalia - SE Brazil
  • Stromanthe tonckat - Trinidad, much of tropical Central + South America

References

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  1. ↑ Sonder, Otto Wilhelm. 1849. Neue Allgemeine Deutsche Garten- und Blumenzeitung 5: 225
  2. 1 2 3 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
  3. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  4. ↑ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín


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