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82 relations: Africa, Afrocalathea, Americas, APG II system, APG system, Arrowroot, Australasia, Australia, Biodiversity, Bisexuality, Bract, Calathea, Calathea allouia, Canna (plant), Capsule (fruit), Caribbean, Carl Linnaeus, Central America, Commelinids, Costaceae, Ctenanthe, DNA, Donax canniformis, Family (biology), Flowering plant, Ginger-families, Halopegia, Haumania, Heliconia, Hylaeanthe, Hypselodelphys, Indianthus, Inflorescence, Ischnosiphon, Koernickanthe, Leaf, List of foliage plant diseases (Maranthaceae), Maranta (plant), Maranta arundinacea, Maranta leuconeura, Marantochloa, Megaphrynium, Mexico, Monocotyledon, Monophyllanthe, Monotagma, Morphology (biology), Musaceae, Myrosma, Neontology, ..., Orchidantha, Panicle, PeerJ, Petiole (botany), Phrynium, Phylogenetic tree, Phylogenetics, Pinnation, Pleiostachya, Pulvinus, Rhizome, Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773), Rosmarinic acid, Sanblasia, Saranthe, Sarcophrynium, Schumannianthus, Schumannianthus dichotomus, Sepal, Stachyphrynium, Starch, Strelitziaceae, Stromanthe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Thalia (plant), Thalia geniculata, Thaumatococcus, Trachyphrynium, Variegation, West Indies, Zingiberaceae, Zingiberales. Expand index (32 more) »
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).
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Afrocalathea
Afrocalathea is a genus of plants native to Africa.
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Americas
The Americas (also collectively called America)"America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language.
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APG II system
The APG II system (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II system) of plant classification is the second, now obsolete, version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy that was published in April 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.
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APG system
The APG system (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system) of plant classification is the first version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy.
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Arrowroot
Arrowroot is a starch obtained from the rhizomes (rootstock) of several tropical plants, traditionally Maranta arundinacea, but also Florida arrowroot from Zamia integrifolia, and tapioca from cassava (Manihot esculenta), which is often labelled as arrowroot.
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Australasia
Australasia, a region of Oceania, comprises Australia, New Zealand, neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean and, sometimes, the island of New Guinea (which is usually considered to be part of Melanesia).
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity, a portmanteau of biological (life) and diversity, generally refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth.
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Bisexuality
Bisexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior toward both males and females, or romantic or sexual attraction to people of any sex or gender identity; this latter aspect is sometimes alternatively termed pansexuality. The term bisexuality is mainly used in the context of human attraction to denote romantic or sexual feelings toward both men and women, and the concept is one of the three main classifications of sexual orientation along with heterosexuality and homosexuality, all of which exist on the heterosexual–homosexual continuum.
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Bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale.
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Calathea
Calathea is a genus of plants belonging to the family Marantaceae.
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Calathea allouia
Calathea allouia, known as lerén or lairén in Spanish, and also known in English as Guinea arrowroot, and sweet corn root, is a plant in the arrowroot family, native to northern South America and the Caribbean, The name "allouia" is derived from the Carib name for the plant Leren is a minor food crop in the American tropics, but was one of the earliest plants domesticated by pre-historic Indians in South America.
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Canna (plant)
Canna (or canna lily, although not a true lily) is a genus of 10 species of flowering plants.
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Capsule (fruit)
In botany a capsule is a type of simple, dry, though rarely fleshy dehiscent fruit produced by many species of angiosperms (flowering plants).
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Caribbean
The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts.
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Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.
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Central America
Central America (América Central, Centroamérica) is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with the South American continent on the southeast.
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Commelinids
In plant taxonomy, commelinids (originally commelinoids) (plural, not capitalised) is a name used by the APG IV system for a clade within the monocots, which in its turn is a clade within the angiosperms.
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Costaceae
Costaceae, or the Costus family, is a family of pantropical monocots.
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Ctenanthe
Ctenanthe is a genus of flowering plants of the family Marantaceae described as a genus in 1884.
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DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a thread-like chain of nucleotides carrying the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses.
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Donax canniformis
Donax is a genus of plants.
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.
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Flowering plant
The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and c. 295,383 known species.
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Ginger-families
The ginger-familiesKress, W.J. & Specht, C.D. 2005.
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Halopegia
Halopegia is a genus of plants native to tropical Africa, Madagascar, and tropical southeast Asia (Indochina, Java).
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Haumania
Haumania is a genus of plants native to Japan, New Guinea and central Africa.
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Heliconia
Heliconia, derived from the Greek word Ἑλικώνιος, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Heliconiaceae.
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Hylaeanthe
Hylaeanthe is a genus of plants native to Central and South America.
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Hypselodelphys
Hypselodelphys is a group of plants in the Marantaceae described as a genus in 1950.
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Indianthus
Indianthus is a genus of plants.
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Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches.
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Ischnosiphon
Ischnosiphon is a genus of plants native to Central America, South America, Trinidad and the Lesser Antilles.
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Koernickanthe
Koernickanthe is a genus of plants.
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Leaf
A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant and is the principal lateral appendage of the stem.
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List of foliage plant diseases (Maranthaceae)
This is a list of diseases of foliage plants belonging to the family Marantaceae.
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Maranta (plant)
Maranta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae, native to tropical Central and South America and the West Indies.
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Maranta arundinacea
Maranta arundinacea, also known as arrowroot, maranta, West Indian arrowroot, obedience plant, Bermuda arrowroot, araru, ararao or hulankeeriya, is a large, perennial herb found in rainforest habitats.
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Maranta leuconeura
Maranta leuconeura (prayer plant) is a species of flowering plant in the family Marantaceae, native to the Brazilian tropical forests.
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Marantochloa
Marantochloa is a genus of plant in family Marantaceae described as a genus in 1860.
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Megaphrynium
Megaphrynium is a genus of plants native to tropical Africa.
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Mexico
Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.
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Monocotyledon
Monocotyledons, commonly referred to as monocots, (Lilianae sensu Chase & Reveal) are flowering plants (angiosperms) whose seeds typically contain only one embryonic leaf, or cotyledon.
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Monophyllanthe
Monophyllanthe is a genus of plants native to Brazil, Colombia, French Guinea and Suriname.
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Monotagma
Monotagma is a genus of plant in family Marantaceae described as a genus in 1902.
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Morphology (biology)
Morphology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
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Musaceae
Musaceae is a family of flowering plants composed of three genera with ca 91 known species, placed in the order Zingiberales.
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Myrosma
Myrosma is a genus of plants.
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Neontology
Neontology is a part of biology that, in contrast to paleontology, deals with living (or, more generally, recent) organisms.
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Orchidantha
Orchidantha is a genus of flowering plants.
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Panicle
A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence.
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PeerJ
PeerJ is an open access peer-reviewed scientific mega journal covering research in the biological and medical sciences.
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Petiole (botany)
In botany, the petiole is the stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the stem.
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Phrynium
Phrynium is a plant genus native to China, India, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Melanesia.
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Phylogenetic tree
A phylogenetic tree or evolutionary tree is a branching diagram or "tree" showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological species or other entities—their phylogeny—based upon similarities and differences in their physical or genetic characteristics.
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Phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics (Greek: φυλή, φῦλον – phylé, phylon.
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Pinnation
Pinnation (also called pennation) is the arrangement of feather-like or multi-divided features arising from both sides of a common axis.
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Pleiostachya
Pleiostachya is a genus of plants native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Ecuador.
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Pulvinus
A pulvinus (pl. pulvini) is a joint-like thickening at the base of a plant leaf or leaflet that facilitates growth-independent (nyctinastic and thigmonastic) movement.
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Rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (from script "mass of roots", from rhizóō "cause to strike root") is a modified subterranean stem of a plant that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.
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Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
Robert Brown FRSE FRS FLS MWS (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope.
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Rosmarinic acid
Rosmarinic acid is a chemical compound found in a variety of plants.
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Sanblasia
Sanblasia is a monotypic genus of plants.
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Saranthe
Saranthe is a genus of plants native to Brazil and Paraguay, described as a genus in 1861.
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Sarcophrynium
Sarcophrynium is a genus of plant in family Marantaceae indigenous to tropical Africa.
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Schumannianthus
Schumannianthus is a group of plants in the Marantaceae described as a genus in 1904.
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Schumannianthus dichotomus
Schumannianthus dichotomus, also known as 'cool mat', was first described by Roxburgh, with its current name after Gagnepain.
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Sepal
A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants).
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Stachyphrynium
Stachyphrynium is a genus of plants native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.
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Starch
Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds.
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Strelitziaceae
The Strelitziaceae comprise a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, very similar in appearance and growth habit to members of the related families Heliconiaceae and Musaceae (banana family).
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Stromanthe
Stromanthe is a genus of plant in family Marantaceae, native to the tropical portions of the Americas from Mexico to Trinidad to northern Argentina.
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Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara.
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Thalia (plant)
Thalia is a genus of six currently recognized species found in aquatic or marshy habitats, ranging in Africa from Senegal to Sudan to Zimbabwe, and in the Americas from Illinois to Argentina.
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Thalia geniculata
Thalia geniculata, the bent alligator-flag, arrowroot, or fire-flag, is a plant species widespread across tropical Africa and much of the Americas.
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Thaumatococcus
Thaumatococcus is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the arrowroot family, Marantaceae, thought for many years to contain a single species from western Africa: Thaumatococcus daniellii.
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Trachyphrynium
Trachyphrynium is a monotypic genus of plants native to tropical Africa.
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Variegation
Variegation is the appearance of differently coloured zones in the leaves, and sometimes the stems, of plants.
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West Indies
The West Indies or the Caribbean Basin is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean in the Caribbean that includes the island countries and surrounding waters of three major archipelagoes: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago.
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Zingiberaceae
Zingiberaceae or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
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Zingiberales
The Zingiberales are flowering plants forming one of four orders in the commelinids clade of monocots, together with its sister order, Commelinales.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marantaceae
