Myrosma

Myrosma is a genus of plants. Only one species is currently recognized: Myrosma cannifolia, the cannaleaf myrosma,[2] native to northern South America (Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana) as well as Trinidad and the Windward Islands. It is considered naturalized in Haiti, Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands.[1][3]

Myrosma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Myrosma
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Species:
M. cannifolia
Binomial name
Myrosma cannifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Thalianthus Klotzsch ex Körn.
  • Phrynium myrosma Roscoe
  • Maranta myrosma A.Dietr.
  • Calathea myrosma Körn.
  • Phyllodes myrosma Kuntze
  • Myrosma canniformis Willd.
  • Maranta cuyabensis Körn
  • Thalianthus macropus Klotzsch ex Körn
  • Maranta moritziana Körn.
  • Saranthe cuyabensis (Körn.) Eichler
  • Saranthe moritziana (Körn.) Eichler
  • Thalia coarctata Petersen
  • Myrosma cuyabensis (Körn.) K.Schum.
  • Myrosma boliviana Loes.
  • Saranthe marcgravii Pickel

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Myrosma
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Myrosma cannifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. Carl von Linnaeus f. 1782. Supplementum Plantarum 8, 80.


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