Canna tuerckheimii

Canna tuerckheimii
	Leaf form
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Cannaceae
Genus:	Canna
Species:	C. tuerckheimii
Binomial name
	Canna tuerckheimii; Kraenzl.
Synonyms
	Canna altensteinii Bouché; Canna coccinea var. sylvestris (Roscoe) Regel; Canna curviflora Horan.; Canna gemella Nees & Mart.; Canna gigantea F. Delaroche; Canna iridiflora Willd.; Canna latifolia Mill.; Canna macrophylla Hort. ex Horan.; Canna neglecta Weinm.; Canna sylvestris Roscoe; Canna violacea Bouché;

Canna tuerckheimii is a species of the Canna genus, belonging to the family Cannaceae. Its specific epithet tuerckheimii commemorates Hans von Türckheim, a 19th-century German plant collector.^[1]

Description

Herb up to 5 m tall.^[2] Canna tuerckheimii is a relatively large species with vast stems carrying large green leaves and high carried orange-red flowers. Stems of up to 3 — 3.5m (11½ft) in height. Green leaves, relatively large - 30–100 cm x 15–40 cm (12—36in x 6—16in), lower side and sheaths lanuginose. Flowers are erect orange-red, 5.5 –9 cm (2¼—3½in) long; floral tube not curved, composed of 9 coloured parts; petals not reflexed; with 4 staminodes.^[3]

Distribution

Canna tuerckheimii is native to Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador at 500–2,000 m (1,600–6,600 ft) of elevation.^[4]

Taxonomy

Paulus Johannes Maria Maas and Nobuyuki Tanaka, both experts on the genus Canna, disagree on the correct taxonomic placement of this species, with Tanaka considering the correct placement for the species to be C. latifolia.^[3]

Cultivation

It is hardy to zone 10 and is frost tender. In the north latitudes, it is in flower from August to October, and the early seeds ripen in October.^[2]

References

^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2016). World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants. CRC Press. p. 779. ISBN 978-1-4822-5064-0.
^ ^a ^b Cooke, Ian, 2001. The Gardener's Guide to Growing cannas, Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-513-6
^ ^a ^b Tanaka, N. 2001. Taxonomic revision of the family Cannaceae in the New World and Asia . Makinoa ser. 2, 1:34–43.
^ Kew Gardens, Checklist of plant families^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Media related to Canna tuerckheimii at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Canna tuerckheimii at Wikispecies
Proposal to conserve the name Canna tuerckheimii

[1] Quattrocchi, Umberto (2016). World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants. CRC Press. p. 779. ISBN 978-1-4822-5064-0.

[:0-2] Cooke, Ian, 2001. The Gardener's Guide to Growing cannas, Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-513-6

[:1-3] Tanaka, N. 2001. Taxonomic revision of the family Cannaceae in the New World and Asia . Makinoa ser. 2, 1:34–43.

[4] Kew Gardens, Checklist of plant families^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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