| Thaumatococcus | |
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| "Ewe eran" leaves ( Thaumatococcus daniellii) | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: |
Thaumatococcus Benth. |
| Species | |
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Thaumatococcus is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the arrowroot family, Marantaceae, thought for many years to contain a single species from western Africa: Thaumatococcus daniellii. [1] A second species, however, was described in 2012: Thaumatococcus flavus, native to Gabon in central Africa. [2]
References
- ^ Bentham, George & Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1883. Genera Plantarum 3: 652, Thaumatococcus daniellii
- ^ Ley, Alexandra C. 2012. Adansonia, série 3, 34(1): 44, figs. 1, 6, Thaumatococcus flavus
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| Thaumatococcus | |
|---|---|
|
| |
| "Ewe eran" leaves ( Thaumatococcus daniellii) | |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: |
Thaumatococcus Benth. |
| Species | |
| |
Thaumatococcus is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the arrowroot family, Marantaceae, thought for many years to contain a single species from western Africa: Thaumatococcus daniellii. [1] A second species, however, was described in 2012: Thaumatococcus flavus, native to Gabon in central Africa. [2]
References
- ^ Bentham, George & Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1883. Genera Plantarum 3: 652, Thaumatococcus daniellii
- ^ Ley, Alexandra C. 2012. Adansonia, série 3, 34(1): 44, figs. 1, 6, Thaumatococcus flavus
| Authority control databases: National |
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| This Zingiberales-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |