Thalia geniculata
Thalia geniculata | |
---|---|
Thalia geniculata. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Zingiberales |
Family: | Marantaceae |
Genus: | Thalia |
Species: | T. geniculata
|
Binomial name | |
Thalia geniculata L., Sp. Pl., 2: 1193, 1753
| |
Synonyms[1] | |
|
Thalia geniculata, the bent alligator-flag,[2] arrowroot,[3] or fire-flag,[3] is a plant species widespread across tropical Africa and much of the Americas.
Thalia geniculata is native to a large region in Africa, from Senegal in the west to Sudan in the east, south to Zimbabwe and Angola. It is also considered native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, most of South America, as well as the southeastern United States (Puerto Rico, Florida, Louisiana, Alabama and southern Georgia).[1][4]
Ecology
The larvae of Stolidoptera tachasara, Xylophanes hannemanni and Sphenarches anisodactylus have been recorded feeding on Thalia geniculata.
Chemistry
Rosmarinic acid can be found in plants in the family Marantaceae such as Thalia geniculata.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Thalia geniculata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Thalia geniculata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ Biota of North America Program, map, Thalia geniculata
- ^ Occurrence of rosmarinic acid, chlorogenic acid and rutin in Marantaceae species. Yana Abdullah, Bernd Schneider and Maike Petersen, Phytochemistry Letters, 12 December 2008, Volume 1, Issue 4, Pages 199–203, doi:10.1016/j.phytol.2008.09.010
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Thalia geniculata.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thalia geniculata.
Categories:
- Thalia (plant)
- Plants described in 1753
- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of Burkina Faso
- Flora of South America
- Flora of the Caribbean
- Flora of Africa
- Flora of Puerto Rico
- Flora of Florida
- Flora of Louisiana
- Flora of Alabama
- Flora of Georgia (U.S. state)
- Flora of Brazil
- Flora of Argentina
- Flora of Peru
- Flora of Colombia
- Flora of Bolivia
- Flora of Cuba
- Edible plants
- Flora of Haiti
- Flora of Jamaica
- Flora of the Dominican Republic
- Flora of the Leeward Islands
- Flora of the Windward Islands
- Flora of Nigeria
- Flora of Sudan
- Flora of Ghana
- Flora of Angola
- Flora of Zambia
- Flora of Trinidad and Tobago
- Flora of Liberia
- Flora of Togo
- Zingiberales stubs