Common name: Marantochloa purpurea
Family: Marantaceae
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Country of Origin: Trop. Africa
Description:
Uses:
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USDA Zone:
Source: Kress Collection, SI#1994839
Provenance:
Collector# 5478, 78-0894
Kress, W. J.
Costa Rica: Las Cruces
7 Jan 1985
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Culture:
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Zingiberales
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- Family: Marantaceae
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References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
- WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.
- Monaco Nature Encyclopedia. Last accessed on Monday, 13 January, 2020.
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