Marantaceae
Maranta

Maranta gibba Sm.

First published in A.Rees, Cycl. 22: n.° 2 (1812)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to S. Tropical America and Trinidad. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Leeward Is., Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; B. J. H. ter Welle; Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A.; R. C. Ek} [1277] Guyana K002188513 No
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Feuillet, C.; Hiepko, P.; Skog, L.E.; Berend Jan Hendrik ter Welle} [245] Guyana K002188507 No
Smith, A.C. [3453] Guyana K002188511 No
Hoffman, B.; Gopaul, D. [476] Guyana K002188502 No
s.coll. [K358] Ecuador K002188593 No
Steyermark, J.A. [88202] Venezuela K002188598 No
{Milliken; Bevan; Smart} [10] Venezuela K002188599 No
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; B. J. H. ter Welle; Chanderbali, A.S.; Raghoenandan, U.P.D.; James, V.} [3468] Guyana K002188506 No
Jenman, G.S. [4707] Guyana K002188514 No
s.coll. [K364] Colombia K002188594 No
Bartlett, A.W. [8592] Guyana K002188510 No
Maas, P.J.M.; Westra, L.Y.T. [3922] Guyana K002188508 No
Maas, P.J.M.; Westra, L.Y.T. [3854] Guyana K002188512 No
Laegaard, S. [54291] Ecuador K002188591 No
{ED. André} [K564] K002188601 No
André, E. [101] K002188592 No
Klug, G. [3916] Peru K002188600 No
Fendler, A. [1501] Venezuela K002188595 No
Schomburgk [43] Guyana K002188504 No
Bartlett, A.W. [8592] Guyana K002188503 No
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Gopaul, D.; James, V. [2179] Guyana K002188500 No
Rusby, H.H.; Squires, R.W. [119] Venezuela K002188596 No
Sandwith, N.Y. [1768] K:SPC-10046.000 No
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; B. J. H. ter Welle; Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A.; R. C. Ek} [746] Guyana K002188505 No
[T. W. Brown] [62] Venezuela K002188597 No
Schombergk [285] Guyana K002188509 No
Ehringhaus, C.; Hoffman, B.; Alicock, D. [64] Guyana K002188501 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0