Marantochloa

Marantochloa is a genus of plant in family Marantaceae described as a genus in 1860.[1][3] It is native to tropical Africa and to islands in the Indian Ocean.

Species[2]
  • Marantochloa alba – Gabon
  • Marantochloa comorensis – Comoros, Madagascar
  • Marantochloa conferta – West and Central Africa
  • Marantochloa congensis – West and Central Africa
  • Marantochloa cordifolia – Central Africa
  • Marantochloa cuspidata – West and Central Africa
  • Marantochloa filipes – West and Central Africa
  • Marantochloa grandiflora – Gabon
  • Marantochloa incertifolia – Gabon
  • Marantochloa leucantha – tropical Africa
  • Marantochloa mannii – West and Central Africa
  • Marantochloa microphylla – Gabon, Cabinda, Republic of the Congo
  • Marantochloa mildbraedii – Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon
  • Marantochloa monophylla – West and Central Africa
  • Marantochloa montsdecristalii – Gabon
  • Marantochloa purpurea – tropical Africa
  • Marantochloa ramosissima – West Africa
  • Marantochloa sulphurea – Gabon

Marantochloa
Marantochloa leucantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Marantochloa
Brongn. ex Gris
Type species
Marantochloa comorensis
Synonyms[2]
  • Clinogyne Salisb. ex Benth.
  • Ataenidia Gagnep.
Flowers of Marantochloa purpurea

References
  1. Tropico, Marantochloa Brongn. ex Gris
  2. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
  3. Gris, Jean Antoine Arthur. 1860. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 7: 320-321 in French and Latin


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