Stromanthe

Stromanthe
Stromanthe lutea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Stromanthe
Sond.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Marantopsis Körn.
  • Kerchovea Joriss.

Stromanthe is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae, native to the tropical portions of the Americas from Mexico to Trinidad to northern Argentina.[2][3][4]

Species[2]
  1. ^ Sonder, Otto Wilhelm. 1849. Neue Allgemeine Deutsche Garten- und Blumenzeitung 5: 225
  2. ^ a b c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
  3. ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  4. ^ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín