M.M.P.N.D. - Sorting Maranta names

MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Maranta names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

Maranta allouia Aubl. -> Calathea allouia (Aubl.) Lindl.
Maranta arundinacea Blanco -> Donax arundastrum Lour.
Maranta arundinacea L.
Maranta arundinacea var. variegata hort.
Maranta bicolor Ker Gawl.
Maranta clavata Vell. -> Calathea allouia (Aubl.) Lindl.
Maranta cylindrica A. Dietr. -> Calathea allouia (Aubl.) Lindl.
Maranta dichotoma Wall. -> Donax arundastrum Lour.
Maranta galanga L. -> Alpinia galanga (L.) Sw.
Maranta grandifolia A. Dietr. -> Calathea allouia (Aubl.) Lindl.
Maranta grandis Miq. -> Donax canniformis (G. Forst.) K. Schum.
Maranta indica Tussac -> Maranta arundinacea L.
Maranta leuconeura E. Morren
Maranta makoyana (E.Morren) K.Schum.
Maranta malaccensis Burm. f. -> Alpinia malaccensis (Burm. f.) Roscoe
Maranta protracta Miq. -> Maranta arundinacea L.
Maranta ramosissima Wall. -> Maranta arundinacea L.
Maranta semperflorens Horan -> Calathea allouia (Aubl.) Lindl.
Maranta sylvatica Roscoe ex Smith -> Maranta arundinacea L.

Maranta arundinacea L.

SYNONYM(S) : Maranta indica Tussac, Maranta protracta Miq. , Maranta ramosissima Wall., Maranta sylvatica Roscoe ex Smith, Phrynium variegatum N. E. Brown.

CHINESE : 竹芋 Zhu yu, 金筍 (Taiwan).

DANISH :   Salepmaranta.

DUTCH : Pijlwortel, Salepwortel.

ENGLISH : Arrowroot, Bermuda arrowroot, Maranta, St.Vincent arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot.

FRENCH : Arrowroot des Antilles, Dictame (Antilles), Herbe aux flèches, Maranta arundinacée.

GERMAN : Pfeilwurz.

HINDI : Tikhor, Tikkor.

JAPANESE :   クズウコン   Kuzuukon, マランタ Maranta.

MALAY : Garut, Ubi bemban, Ubi garut, Yaitu garut (Indonesia).

PORTUGUESE : Agutiguepa, Agutiguepe, Araruta (Brazil), Araruta-caixulta, Araruta-comum, Araruta-especial, Araruta-gigante, Araruta- palmeira, Araruta-raiz-redonda, Araruta-ramosa, Aru-aru.

RUSSIAN : Маранта тростниковая   Maranta trostnikovaia Маранты тростниковой Maranty trostnikovoi.

SANSKRIT : Tavaksiri, Tugaksiri.

SPANISH : Ararú, Araruta, Arrarú, Arrorúz, Arrorruz, Arrurruz, Arruruz, Caña flecha, Chuchute tamalera, Guape, Guapo (Venezuela), Guate, Jamachipeke (Bolivia), Jamaichepeque, Juájuá, Juá-juá (Bolivia, Cuba, Puerto Rico), Maranta, Rizoma de maranta, Sagú (Costa Rica, Uruguay), Sagú de San Vicente (Cuba), Saguero, Silú, Sucu, Sulú, Shimipampana (Peru), Shimipampana blanco, Shimipampana negro, Tacea, Tamalera (Guatemala), Tubérculo de maranta, Yerén, Yuquilla.

TAMIL : Aruruttukkilangu, Kukai niru.

VIETNAMESE : Dong củ.

Beautiful gallery of foliages for this species and those below by José Manuel Sánchez de Lorenzo Cáceres. *****

Maranta arundinacea L. var. variegata hort.

CHINESE : 斑叶竹芋.

Maranta bicolor Ker Gawl.

CHINESE : 花叶竹芋, 花葉竹芋 (Taiwan).

JAPANESE : マランタ・ビコロル Maranta bikororu.

Maranta leuconeura E. Morren

CHINESE :   斑叶竹芋 .

DANISH : Fiskeben.

DUTCH : Tiengebodenplant.

ENGLISH :   Herringbone maranta, Maranta tricolor, Prayer plant, Rabbit's foot.

JAPANESE :   マランタ・レウコネウラ Maranta reukoneura.

MALAY : Daun lumut (Indonesia).

RUSSIAN : Маранта беложильчатая Maranta belozhil'chataia.

SWEDISH : Moses stentavlor.

Some of the above common names may apply to the 2 varieties below.

Photograph 1 at Cal's Plant of the Week, provided by the University of Oklahoma Department of Botany & Microbiology.

Maranta leuconeura E. Morren var. erythroneura G. S. Bunting

CHINESE : Awaiting feedback.

ENGLISH : Banded arrowroot, Maranta tricolour, Red-veined prayer plant.

JAPANESE : マランタ・エリスロネウラ Maranta erisuroneura.

RUSSIAN : Маранта трехцветная Maranta trekhtsvetnaia, Маранта триколор Maranta trikolor.

Photograph at Cal's Plant of the Week, provided by the University of Oklahoma Department of Botany & Microbiology.

Maranta leuconeura E. Morren var. kerchoveana Peters

SYNONYM(S) : Maranta kerchoviana E.Morren

CHINESE : Awaiting feedback.

JAPANESE : マランタ・ケルショウィアナ Maranta kerushoviana.

Maranta leuconeura E. Morren var. massangeana E. Morren ex Planch.

CHINESE : Awaiting feedback.

Maranta makoyana (E.Morren) K.Schum.

SYNONYM(S) : Calathea makoyana E.Morren

CHINESE : 孔雀竹芋, 马克肖竹芋.

DANISH : Påfugleblad.

HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Maranta Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (M.M.P.N.D) - A Work in Progress. School of Agriculture and Food Systems. Faculty of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia.
< http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Maranta.html > (2005).

REFERENCES
General Bibliography + REFERENCES
Online + REFERENCES
Specific & complementary

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?maranta (10 October 2005). (GRIN)

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