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Pollination syndromes in African Marantaceae [PDF]
Annals of Botany, 2009 The Marantaceae (550 spp.) is the most derived family in the order Zingiberales and exhibits a complex explosive pollination mechanism. To understand the evolutionary significance of this unique process of pollen transfer, comparative morphological and ecological studies were conducted in Gabon.During a total stay of 11 months, 31 species of ...
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Flora del Bajío y de regiones adyacentes (En línea), 2001 Familia pantropical de unos 30 a 32 géneros, con alrededor de 400 a 550 especies, mayormente del Nuevo Mundo. Algunos representantes tienen importancia económica tanto desde el punto de vista alimenticio, como medicinal u ornamental. El género Calathea, exclusivo de América, contiene más de la mitad de las especies de la familia, muchas de ellas son ...
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Ornamental Marantaceae: An introduction
Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 2022Amongst the plants which have grasped the aesthete of humans, those categorized within the angiosperm plant family Marantaceae have acquired significance. A list of such plants is being provided along with description for laymen’s ease in identification. Inventorization of further arrowroots and their bio-prospecting will lead to India’s emergence as a
Ankur Saikia +2 more
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The Sarawak Museum Journal, 2004
A study of two herbaceous plant families, the Zingiberaceae and Marantaceae,was conducted at 20 hills at the Bau Limestone Area. A total of 26 and three species were found respectively in the two families. The most frequent species was Zingiber acuminatum var. borneense which was documented from nine hills.
Axel Dalberg Poulsen +3 more
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A study of two herbaceous plant families, the Zingiberaceae and Marantaceae,was conducted at 20 hills at the Bau Limestone Area. A total of 26 and three species were found respectively in the two families. The most frequent species was Zingiber acuminatum var. borneense which was documented from nine hills.
Axel Dalberg Poulsen +3 more
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Ontogenetic and phylogenetic diversification in Marantaceae
2011The Marantaceae Petersen (31 genera; ~530 ssp.: Andersson, 1998) are a pantropically (80% America; 11% Asia; 9% Africa: Kennedy, 2000) distributed family of perennial herbs and lianas found in the understory of tropical lowland rainforests. They are characterized by a unique pollination mechanism combining secondary pollen presentation with an ...
Ley, Alexandra, Claßen-Bockhoff, Regine
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Leaf movement in Calathea lutea (Marantaceae)
Oecologia, 1985Calathea lutea is a broad-leaved, secondary successional plant which shows complex leaf movements involving both elevation and folding of the leaf surface about the pulvinus. In the plants studied, mean leaf elevation increased from approximately 34 degrees in the early morning to 70 degrees at noon while the angle of leaf folding increased from 13 ...
Thomas J, Herbert, Parry B, Larsen
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The Marantaceae of Sabah, Northern Borneo
Kew Bulletin, 2003A taxonomic treatment is provided for the Marantaceae of the Malaysian state of Sabah in northern Borneo. Thirteen species are recognised, four of which are described as new to science: Phacelophrynium aurantium, Phacelophrynium laxum, Phrynium grandibracteatum and Phrynium slenophyllum.
Clausager, K., Borchsenius, Finn
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Setting‐up tension in the style of Marantaceae
Plant Biology, 2008AbstractThe Marantaceae stand out from other plant families through their unique style movement which is combined with a highly derived form of secondary pollen presentation. Although known for a long time, the mechanism underlying the movement is not yet understood.
E, Pischtschan, R, Classen-Bockhoff
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Notes on Ischnosiphon (Marantaceae)
Nordic Journal of Botany, 1984Four new species are described, viz. Ischnosiphon bahiensis (Brazil), I. ursinus (French Guiana and Rio Negro Basin), I. crassispicus (vicinity of Manaus), and I. fusiformis
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New names in Monotagma (Marantaceae)
Phytotaxa, 2011A taxonomic revision of Monotagma (Marantaceae) concludes that this genus comprises 37 species, of which the following 18 species are here described as new: M. aurantispathum, M. breviscapum, M. congestum, M. exile, M. flavicomum, M. floribundum, M. grallatum, M. humile, M. lilacinum, M. nutans, M. papillosum, M. paradoxum, M. remotum, M.
Hagberg, Mats, Eriksson, Roger
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