Cannaceae

Canna L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Angola, Arkansas, Ascension, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Cook Is., DR Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, India, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Marquesas, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Portugal, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Senegal, Society Is., Solomon Is., Southwest Caribbean, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Maas-van de Kamer, H. & Maas, P.J.M. (2008). The Cannaceae of the world. Blumea 53: 247-318.
  • de las Mercedes Ciciarelli, M. & Rolleri, C.H. (2008). Morfología, taxonomía y caracterización de siete especies neotropicales del genero Canna (Cannaceae, Zingiberales). Botanica Complutensis 32: 157-184.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 327
  • Kränzlin in Engl., Pflanzenr. 4, 47 Cannac.: (1912).
  • Sp. Pl. 1 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • F. Kränzlin in E.P. IV. 47: 27 (1912)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 1 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 1 (1753)
  • W.Segeren & P.J.M. Maas, Acta Bot. Neerl. 20: 663-680 (1971)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2005 Argentina K000307936 Isotype Yes
Guest, E.R. [1613] Iraq K002917896 No
Valeur, E.J. [795] Dominican Republic K002918540 Yes
de Lima, H.C.; Neves, D.M.; Lewis, G.P.; Queiroz, L.P.; Paixao, J.L. [7766] Brazil K002918317 No
[illegible] [126] K002918492 Yes
Stanley, T. [84001] Australia K002917968 No
s.coll. [119] K002918516 Yes
Foster; Dammann [134] K002918485 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6622] K001124333 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [117] K002918517 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6622] Nepal K000639627 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stanley, T. [84001] Australia K002917967 No
s.coll. [133] K002918493 Yes
s.coll. [113] K002918515 Yes
Dammann [127] K002918482 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [6687] Philippines K002918535 Yes
Field, A. [125] K002918519 Yes
Coveny, R.G.; Hind, P. [7752] Australia K002917969 No
Ekman, E.L. [H9153] Haiti K002918539 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [W2352] Samoa K002918538 Yes
Valeur, E.J. [795] Dominican Republic K002918541 Yes
Dammann [128] K002918483 Yes
Baker, J.G.; Dammann [135] K002918484 Yes
A.H.G. [s.n.] K002918533 Yes
Dammann [116] K002918518 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K002918318 No
Zardini, E.M.; Chaparro, I. [60771] Paraguay K002918319 No
Merrill, E.D. [6689] Philippines K002918534 Yes
Plowman, T. [5700] Peru K:SPC-44585.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6622] K001124332 Unknown Type Material Yes
Meyer, F.G. [7811] Ethiopia K002918109 No
Philcox, D.; Fereira, A. [4486] Brazil K002918536 Yes
Erskine, C.M. [E130] Brazil K:SPC-36288.000 No
Stalmans, M. [767] South Africa K002918177 No
Archer, W.A. [9207] Ethiopia K002918108 No
[illegible] [s.n. ] K002918542 Yes
Dammann [120] K002918514 Yes
ORC [141] Ethiopia K002918537 Yes
[G. Uhe] [1194] Norfolk Island K002917970 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6622] K001124334 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0