Myrosma

Myrosma cannifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Myrosma
L.f.
Species: M. cannifolia
Binomial name
Myrosma cannifolia
L.f.
Synonyms[1]
  • Thalianthus Klotzsch ex Körn.
  • Phrynium myrosma Roscoe
  • Maranta myrosma A.Dietr.
  • Calathea myrosma Körn.
  • Phyllodes myrosma Kuntze
  • Myrosma canniformis Willd.
  • Maranta cuyabensis Körn
  • Thalianthus macropus Klotzsch ex Körn
  • Maranta moritziana Körn.
  • Saranthe cuyabensis (Körn.) Eichler
  • Saranthe moritziana (Körn.) Eichler
  • Thalia coarctata Petersen
  • Myrosma cuyabensis (Körn.) K.Schum.
  • Myrosma boliviana Loes.
  • Saranthe marcgravii Pickel

Myrosma is a genus of plants. Only one species is currently recognized: Myrosma cannifolia, the cannaleaf myrosma,[2] native to northern South America (Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana) as well as Trinidad and the Windward Islands. It is considered naturalized in Haiti, Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Myrosma
  2. ↑ "Myrosma cannifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Carl von Linnaeus f. 1782. Supplementum Plantarum 8, 80.


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