Maranta gibba

Gibbous-fruited arrow-root
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Marantaceae
Genus:	Maranta
Species:	M. gibba
Binomial name
	Maranta gibba; Sm. in A.Rees
Synonyms
	Maranta pubescens Klotzsch in M.R.Schomburgk; Maranta divaricata f. major K.Schum.;

Maranta gibba is a plant species native to Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Yucatán), Central America, northern South America (Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname), and the Island of Trinidad. It is reportedly naturalized in the Lesser Antilles.^[1]^[2]

Maranta gibba is a shrubby perennial with ovate leaves. Flowers are borne in panicles. Fruits are gibbous. Plant was originally described from specimens grown in a garden on Barbados and shipped from there to Liverpool. ^[3]

References

[zivadavid-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Maranta gibba

[2] Tropicos, Maranta gibba distribution

[3] Smith, James Edward in Rees, Abraham. 1812. The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature, London, v 22 p 511, Maranta gibba

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