Canna patens
| Canna patens | |
|---|---|
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| fruit of C. patens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Cannaceae |
| Genus: | Canna |
| Species: | C. patens |
| Binomial name | |
| Canna patens (Roscoe) Tb. Tanaka | |
Canna patens (Roscoe) Tb. Tanaka is a species of the Canna genus; small sized; green foliage, ovoid shaped, spreading habit; triangular stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are upright, yellow with a wide red margin, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, petals yellow, partial self-cleaning; fertile both ways, self-pollinating and also true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white; tillering is prolific.
Synonyms
- Canna aura-vittata Lodd.
- Canna humilis Bouché
- Canna indica var. limbata Peters.
- Canna indica var. patens Aiton
- Canna limbata Roscoe
- Canna longifolia Bouché
- Canna Montana Blume
- Canna recurvata Bouché
Taxonomy
In the last three decades of the 20th century, Canna species have been categorised by two different taxonomists, Paul Maas from the Netherlands and Nobuyuki Tanaka from Japan. Maas considers C. patens a synonym of C. indica, but Tanaka considers it a distinct and separate species according to DNA analysis.
References
- Cooke, Ian, 2001. The Gardener's Guide to Growing cannas, Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-513-6
- Johnson's Gardeners Dictionary, 1856
- Tanaka, N. 2001. Taxonomic revision of the family Cannaceae in the New World and Asia. Makinoa ser. 2, 1:34–43.