Species of flowering plant
Canna indica
with Cinnamon-bellied flowerpiercer in Antigua Guatemala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade :
Tracheophytes
Clade :
Angiosperms
Clade :
Monocots
Clade :
Commelinids
Order:
Zingiberales
Family:
Cannaceae
Genus:
Canna
Species:
C. indica
Binomial name
Canna indica
Synonyms [ 1]
Canna annaei André.
Canna aurantiaca Roscoe.
Canna barbadica Bouché
Canna bidentata Bertol.
Canna carnea Roscoe
Canna cearensis Huber.
Canna chinensis Willd.
Canna cinnabarina Bouché
Canna coccinea var. bicolor Kraenzl.
Canna commutata Bouché
Canna compacta Bouché
Canna concinna Bouché.
Canna crocea Lag. ex Rchb.
Canna crocea Roem. & Schult.
Canna densifolia Bouché
Canna edulis Ker Gawl.
Canna ehrenbergii Bouché
Canna ellipticifolia Stokes
Canna esculenta Loudon
Canna exigua Bouché
Canna flavescens Link
Canna floribunda Bouché
Canna formosa Bouché
Canna fulgida Bouché
Canna glauca var. annaei Petersen.
Canna heliconiifolia Bouché
Canna heliconiifolia var. xalapensis (Horan.) Kraenzl.
Canna juncea Retz.
Canna laeta Bouché
Canna lagunensis Lindl.
Canna lambertii Lindl.
Canna leptochila Bouché
Canna lutea Mill.
Canna lutea Larrañaga
Canna lutea var. aurantiaca Regel
Canna lutea var. genuina Kraenzl.
Canna lutea var. maculata (Hook.) Petersen
Canna lutea var. pallida Kraenzl.
Canna maculata (Hook) Link.
Canna maxima Lodd. ex Roscoe
Canna moritziana Bouché
Canna napalensis Wall. ex Bouché
Canna nepalensis D.Dietr.
Canna occidentalis Roscoe
Canna orientalis Bouché
Canna orientalis Roscoe
Canna orientalis var. flava Roscoe
Canna pallida Roscoe
Canna pentaphylla D.Dietr.
Canna plurituberosa T.Koyama & Nob.Tanaka
Canna poeppigii Bouché
Canna polyclada Wawra
Canna polymorpha Lodd. ex Loudon
Canna portoricensis Bouché
Canna pulchra Hassk.
Canna pulchra Bouché ex Horan.
Canna rubra (Aiton) Willd.
Canna rubricaulis Link
Canna sanctae-rosae Kraenzl.
Canna sanguinea Warsz. ex Otto & A.Dietr.
Canna sanguinea Bouché
Canna saturate-rubra Bouché ex K.Koch
Canna seleriana Kraenzl.
Canna sellowii Bouché
Canna speciosa Hegetschw
Canna speciosa Roscoe ex Sims
Canna spectabilis Bouché
Canna sulphurea Bouché
Canna surinamensis Bouché
Canna tenuiflora Bouché
Canna textoria Noronha
Canna thyrsiflora Hegetschw.
Canna tinei Tod.
Canna variabilis Willd.
Canna variegata Besser
Canna variegata Bouché
Canna variegatifolia Ciciar.
Canna ventricosa Bouché
Canna warszewiczii var. flameus Ram. Goyena
Canna xalapensis Horan.
Canna indica , commonly known as Indian shot ,[ 2] African arrowroot , edible canna , purple arrowroot , Sierra Leone arrowroot ,[ 3] is a plant species in the family Cannaceae . It is native to much of South America, Central America, the West Indies, and Mexico. It is also naturalized in the southeastern United States (Florida , Texas , Louisiana , and South Carolina ), and much of Europe, sub-Saharan Africa , Southeast Asia, and Oceania.[ 3] [ 4] : 311
It (achira in Hispanic America,[ 3] cana-da-índia in Brazil) has been a minor food crop cultivated by indigenous peoples of the Americas for thousands of years.[ 4] : 312 [ 5] [page needed ]
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^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Canna indica " . The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov) . Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 23 March 2020 .
^ a b c "Canna indica L." Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service , United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 12 Aug 2016 .
^ a b Magnoliophyta: Alismatidae, Arecidae, Commelinidae (in part), and Zingiberidae . New York, USA: Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 2000. p. 310-312. ISBN 0-19-513729-9 .
^ Hokche, O.; Berry, P.E.; Huber., O., eds. (2008). New Cat. Fl. Vasc. Venezuela . Caracas, Venezuela: Botanical Institute of Venezuela Foundation.