Arrowroots
Marantaceae
The Marantaceae are a family, the arrowroot family, of flowering plants known for its large starchy rhizomes. It is sometimes called the prayer-plant family. Combined morphological and DNA phylogenetic analyses indicate the family originated in Africa, although this is not the center of its extant diversity.
29 branches of this family, most-observed first
Goeppertia
genusGoeppertia
Thalia
genusThalia
prayer plants
genusCalathea
Maranta
genusMaranta
Stromanthe
genusStromanthe
Ctenanthe
genusCtenanthe
Ischnosiphon
genusIschnosiphon
Monotagma
genusMonotagma
Bembam Arrowroots
genusDonax
Phrynium
genusPhrynium
Stachyphrynium
genusStachyphrynium
Marantochloa
genusMarantochloa
Pleiostachya
genusPleiostachya
Thaumatococcus
genusThaumatococcus
Hylaeanthe
genusHylaeanthe
Saranthe
genusSaranthe
Indianthus
genusIndianthus
Haumania
genusHaumania
Hypselodelphys
genusHypselodelphys
Sarcophrynium
genusSarcophrynium
Myrosma
genusMyrosma
Monophyllanthe
genusMonophyllanthe
Halopegia
genusHalopegia
Trachyphrynium
genusTrachyphrynium
Megaphrynium
genusMegaphrynium
Schumannianthus
genusSchumannianthus
Afrocalathea
genusAfrocalathea
Sanblasia
genusSanblasia
Myanmaranthus
genusMyanmaranthus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Marantaceae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 68038.