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    The Marantaceae is a family of 31 genera and approximately 550 species of perennial, rhizomatous herbs found throughout the tropics except Australia. They are small to moderate-sized plants with a notable characteristic being the pulvinus, a thickened structure between the petiole and leaf blade. Many members are cultivated as ornamental plants. The family is named after the 18th century Italian botanist Bartolomeo Maranta.

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    The Marantaceae is a family of 31 genera and approximately 550 species of perennial, rhizomatous herbs found throughout the tropics except Australia. They are small to moderate-sized plants with a notable characteristic being the pulvinus, a thickened structure between the petiole and leaf blade. Many members are cultivated as ornamental plants. The family is named after the 18th century Italian botanist Bartolomeo Maranta.

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    Marantaceae Family of Tropical Herbs

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    The Marantaceae is a family of 31 genera and approximately 550 species of perennial, rhizomatous herbs found throughout the tropics except Australia. They are small to moderate-sized plants with a notable characteristic being the pulvinus, a thickened structure between the petiole and leaf blade. Many members are cultivated as ornamental plants. The family is named after the 18th century Italian botanist Bartolomeo Maranta.

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    Ma r a nta c ea e

    Petersen in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(6): 33. Oct 1888.
    Description
    Marantaceae is a family of 31 genera and about 550 species. These
    perennial, rhizomatous herbs are small to moderate-sized herbs found
    throughout the tropics except in Australia. About half the genera are
    neotropical; the other half are paleotropical. Only a few genera are found in the
    temperate regions of South and North America. A notable characteristic of the
    Marantaceae is the pulvinus a thickened structure between the petiole and the
    leaf leaf blade. Many members of the Marantaceae are cultivated as
    ornamental plants. The name of the family commemorates Bartolomeo
    Maranta, an 18th century Italian botanist. (Suksathan, Piyakaset, Systematic
    Studies in Asian Marantaceae, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Aarhus, Denmark,
    2005).
    Genera
    Afrocalathea
    Ataenidia
    Calathea
    Cominsia
    Ctenanthe
    Donax
    Halopegia
    Haumania
    Hylaeanthe
    Hypselodelphys
    Ischnosiphon
    Koernickanthe
    Maranta
    Marantochloa
    Megaphrynium
    Monophrynium
    Monophyllanthe
    Monotagma
    Myrosma
    Phacelophrynium
    Phrynium
    Pleiostachya
    Sanblasia
    Saranthe
    Sarcophrynium
    Schumannianthus
    Stachyphrynium
    Stromanthe
    Thalia
    Thaumatococcus
    Trachyphrynium
    Distribution

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