Stromanthe

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Marantaceae
Genus: Stromanthe
Species: S. angustifolia – S. bahiensis – S. boliviana – S. confusa – S. glabra – S. guapilesensis – S. hjalmarssonii – S. idroboi – S. jacquinii – S. macrochlamys – S. palustris – S. papillosa – S. popolucana – S. porteana – S. ramosissima – S. schottiana – S. sellowiana – S. stromanthoides – S. thalia – S. tonckat

Check: S. sanguinea
Name

Stromanthe Sond., Neue Allg. Deutsche Garten- Blumenzeitung 5: 225 (1849)

Type species: Stromanthe thalia (Vell.) J.M.A.Braga, Eugeniana 21: 23 (1994-1995 publ. 1995) (WCSP)

References

Sonder, O.W. 1849. Neue Allgemeine Deutsche Garten- und Blumenzeitung 5: 255.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Stromanthe in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 May 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Stromanthe. Published online. Accessed: May 2 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Stromanthe. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 May 2.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Stromanthe in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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]

Stromanthe angustifolia - Bolivia
Stromanthe bahiensis - Bahia
Stromanthe boliviana - Bolivia, NW Argentina
Stromanthe confusa - Bolivia
Stromanthe glabra - E + S Brazil
Stromanthe guapilesensis - Costa Rica
Stromanthe hjalmarssonii - Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Stromanthe idroboi - Colombia, Venezuela
Stromanthe jacquinii - Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, v
Stromanthe macrochlamys - S Mexico, Central America, Colombia
Stromanthe palustris - Costa Rica
Stromanthe papillosa - SE + S Brazil
Stromanthe popolucana - Veracruz
Stromanthe porteana - E Brazil
Stromanthe ramosissima - Ecuador
Stromanthe sanguinea - Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon (synonym of S. thalia)
Stromanthe schottiana - E + SE Brazil
Stromanthe sellowiana - Bahia, Rio de Janeiro
Stromanthe stromanthoides - Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Acre
Stromanthe thalia - SE Brazil
Stromanthe tonckat - Trinidad, much of tropical Central + South America

References

Sonder, Otto Wilhelm. 1849. Neue Allgemeine Deutsche Garten- und Blumenzeitung 5: 225
"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
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
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