Contains 2 genera and 2 accepted taxa overall.
This family is completely databased for all specimens.
Characteristics
MARANTACEAE
Monocot
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Classification
ZINGIBERALES
MARANTACEAE
Identification Key
1. Petiole to 1 m long, exceeding the blade in length; leaf blade not variegated, to 60 cm long, to 40 cm wide; inflorescence to 3 m long; bracts deciduous; sepals persistent in fruit; generally of deeply inundated habitats
1. Petiole usually <0.3 m long, usually shorter than the blade; leaf blade often strikingly variegated, usually <40 cm long, <20 cm wide; inflorescence usually <1 m long; bracts persistent or deciduous; sepals persistent or caducous in fruit; cultivated or sparingly naturalized
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2. Usually acaulescent, some taxa cauline; inflorescence usually simple; sepals usually persistent in fruit; outer staminodes (0)1
2. Acaulescent or cauline; inflorescence simple or branched; sepals caducous or persistent in fruit; outer staminodes 2
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3. Sepals persistent in fruit; corolla tube longer than wide
3. Sepals caducous in fruit; corolla tube longer to shorter than wide
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4. Acaulescent; inflorescence usually simple; corolla tube length subequal to longer than wide
4. Caulescent; inflorescence usually branched; corolla tube width subequal to wider than long