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Maranta arundinacea L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Sp. Pl.: 2 (1753)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Zingiberales
family
Marantaceae
genus
Maranta
species
Maranta arundinacea

Name

Synonyms
Maranta arundinacea f. sylvestris Matuda
Maranta arundinacea subsp. indica (Tussac) Petersen
Maranta arundinacea subsp. sylvestris Matuda
Maranta arundinacea subsp. variegata Ridl.
Maranta arundinacea var. arundinacea
Maranta arundinacea var. indica (Tussac) Petersen
Maranta arundinacea var. variegata Ridl.
Maranta indica Tussac
Maranta minor Chantrier
Maranta minor Chantrier ex André
Maranta ramosissima Wall.
Maranta sylvatica Roscoe
Maranta sylvatica Roscoe ex Sm.
Maranta tessellata subsp. kegeljanii E.Morren
Phrynium variegatum N.E.Br.
Homonyms
Maranta arundinacea L.
Maranta arundinacea Blanco
Maranta arundinacea Billb. ex Beurl.
Maranta arundinacea Billb.
Common names
Araruta in Spanish
Arrorruz in Spanish
Arrowroot in English
Arrowroot in English
Arrowroot in English
Arrowroot in Spanish
Azafrán in Spanish
Ereu in Spanish
Garut in Indonesian
Maranta in Spanish
Pfeilwurz in German
Pfeilwurz in German
Pia in language.
Platanillo in Spanish
Rouroute, Arrow-root in French
Sagú in Spanish
West Indian arrowroot in English
West Indian arrowroot in English
Yuquilla in Spanish
agutiguepe in language.
agutiguepe in Portuguese
araro in language.
araruta in Portuguese
araruta in Portuguese
araruta in language.
araruta-comum in Portuguese
araruta-comum in language.
araruta-palmeira in language.
araruta-palmeira in Portuguese
arrowroot in English
arrowroot in English
arrowrot in Swedish
arrowrot in Swedish
arruruz in Spanish
arruruz in Spanish
chaak in language.
chuchute tamalera in Spanish
chuchute tamalera in Spanish
herbe aux flèches in French
herbe aux flèches in French
kuzu-ukon in Japanese
maranta in English
maranta in English
maranta trsťovitá in Slovak
maranta trzcinowa in Polish
maranta třtinovitá in Czech
nuolijuuri in Finnish
クズウコン in Japanese
竹芋 in Chinese
葛鬱金 in Chinese
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