Maranta gibba
| Maranta gibba | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: | Maranta |
| Species: | M. gibba
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| Binomial name | |
| Maranta gibba Sm. in A.Rees
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Maranta gibba is a plant species native to Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Yucatán), Central America, northern South America (Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname), and the Island of Trinidad. It is reportedly naturalized in the Lesser Antilles.[1][2]
Maranta gibba is a shrubby perennial with ovate leaves. Flowers are borne in panicles. Fruits are gibbous. Plant was originally described from specimens grown in a garden on Barbados and shipped from there to Liverpool.[3]
References
[edit]Categories:
- Flora of Brazil
- Flora of Trinidad and Tobago
- Flora of Suriname
- Flora of Guyana
- Flora of Venezuela
- Flora of Colombia
- Flora of Peru
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of the Windward Islands
- Flora of the Leeward Islands
- Flora of Yucatán
- Flora of Veracruz
- Flora of San Luis Potosí
- Flora of Puebla
- Flora of Oaxaca
- Flora of Morelos
- Flora of Jalisco
- Flora of Chiapas
- Flora of French Guiana
- Flora of Campeche
- Flora of Quintana Roo
- Maranta (plant)