Arrowroots
Marantaceae
The Marantaceae are a family, the arrowroot family, or the prayer plant family, of flowering plants consisting of 28 genera and around 530 species, defining it as one of the most species-rich families in its order. Species of this family are found in lowland tropical forests of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The majority (80%) of the species are found in the American tropics, followed by Asian (11%) and African (9%) tropics. They are commonly called the prayer-plant family and are also known for their unique secondary pollination presentation.
29 branches of this family, most-observed first
Goeppertia
genusGoeppertia
Thalia
genusThalia
prayer plants
genusCalathea
Maranta
genusMaranta
Stromanthe
genusStromanthe
Ctenanthe
genusCtenanthe
Ischnosiphon
genusIschnosiphon
Monotagma
genusMonotagma
Bembam Arrowroots
genusDonax
Phrynium
genusPhrynium
Stachyphrynium
genusStachyphrynium
Marantochloa
genusMarantochloa
Pleiostachya
genusPleiostachya
Thaumatococcus
genusThaumatococcus
Hylaeanthe
genusHylaeanthe
Saranthe
genusSaranthe
Indianthus
genusIndianthus
Haumania
genusHaumania
Hypselodelphys
genusHypselodelphys
Sarcophrynium
genusSarcophrynium
Myrosma
genusMyrosma
Monophyllanthe
genusMonophyllanthe
Halopegia
genusHalopegia
Trachyphrynium
genusTrachyphrynium
Megaphrynium
genusMegaphrynium
Schumannianthus
genusSchumannianthus
Sanblasia
genusSanblasia
Afrocalathea
genusAfrocalathea
Myanmaranthus
genusMyanmaranthus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 68038.