Marantaceae
Ctenanthe

Ctenanthe marantifolia (Vell.) J.M.A.Braga & H.Gomes

First published in Kew Bull. 62: 647 (2007)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Brazil (to Paraná). It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil South, Brazil Southeast

Introduced into:

Colombia, Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Bulletin

  • Andersson, L. (1981). The Neotropical genera of Marantaceae. Circumscriptions and relationships. Nord. J. Bot. 1 (2): 218-245.
  • Eichler, A. W. (1884). Beiträge zur Morphologie und Systematik der Marantaceen. Abhandllungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie Wissenschaften, Berlin.
  • IUCN (2001). IUCN Red List Categories — Version 3.1. Prepared by the IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K
  • Kennedy, H. (1982). Calathea burle-marxii and Ctenanthe burle-marxii (Marantaceae): two new cultivated species from Brazil. Can. J. Bot. 60 (11): 2365 - 2370.
  • Petersen, O. G. (1890). Marantaceae. In: C. F. P. von Martius; A. G. Eichler & I. Urban (eds), Flora Brasiliensis 3 (3): 81-172. München, Wien, Leipzig.
  • Schumann, K. M. (1902). Marantaceae. In: H. G. A. Engler (ed.), Das Pflanzenreich 4 (48): 1 - 184. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.
  • Vellozo, J. M. da C. (1829). Florae Fluminensis. Typographia Nationali, Rio de Janeiro.
  • Yoshida-Arns, K. N. (2002). Revisão Taxonômica dos gêneros Ctenanthe Eichler e Stromanthe Sond. (Marantaceae). Recife. Tese de Doutorado.
  • — & Nicolson, D. H. (1987). Nomenclatural notes on neotropical Marantaceae. Brittonia 39 (1): 139 - 140.
  • — (1831). Florae Fluminensis Icones. Edidit Domnus Frater Antonius de Arrabida, v.l. lithogr. Senefelder, Parisiis.
  • — (1988). Ctenanthe. In: G. Harling & L. Andersson. Flora of Ecuador 32: 179 - 184. Systematic Botany, Göteborg University, Riksmuseum, Stockholm.
  • — (1998). Marantaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4 — Flowering Plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (Except Gramineae): 278 - 293. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0