Marantaceae
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Description
550 spp.
Growing form
Herbs, often with rhizomes or tubers
Leaf
Leaves: often variously coloured; alternate; simple; petiole with open sheath and pulvinus; pinnate venation
Flower
Bisexual. Flower: zygomorphic; 3 free sepals; 3 basally fused petals; 1 fertile petaloid stamen, often 2 petaloid staminodes; ovary inferior
Fruit and seed
Fruit a berry or a capsule
Observations in Finland
The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.
A total of observations in Finland ?
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Observations
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Species card
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Marantaceae
Author
R. Br.
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.4986398
Taxon rank
family
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
- Vascular plants
Taxon information in machine-readable form
Subordinate taxa