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arundinacea

Taxon

Maranta arundinacea L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 2. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 095.jpg

Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 095.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 094.jpg

Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 094.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 101.jpg

Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 101.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 099.jpg

Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 099.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 096.jpg

Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 096.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 102.jpg

Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 102.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 100.jpg

Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 100.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 103.jpg

Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 103.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 098.jpg

Maranta arundinacea--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 098.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Belize, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.; introduced into Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., Equatorial Guinea, Florida, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Jamaica, Kazan-retto, Mauritius, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, Philippines, Réunion, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

November 5, 2004

Location

Costa Rica, San Jose (InBio Parque)

Location Remarks

Santo Domingo de Heredia, a suburb of San Jose.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Marantaceae

Genus

Maranta

Specific Epithet

arundinacea

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#119,726 of 335,497

Top 36%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →