Marantaceae
Thalia

Thalia geniculata L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1193 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Tropical America. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food, a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Mali, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Suriname, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Hawaii

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Cabezas, F.J., De la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2005). Marantaceae of Equatorial Guinea. Annales Botanici Fennici 42: 173-184.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(4): 1-151. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

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

  • (2024). http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op156p71-110.pdf. epublication.
  • 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.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Cabezas, F.J., De la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2005). Marantaceae of Equatorial Guinea. Annales Botanici Fennici 42: 173-184.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2015). Listado de especies de Productos No Maderables del caribe colombiano. 366 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Espitia Palencia, L. (Proveedor del metadatos). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_bst-caribe_plantae_2015
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
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  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • Ulian, T., Sacandé, M., Hudson, A., & Mattana, E. (2017). Conservation of indigenous plants to support community livelihoods: the MGU–Useful Plants Project. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 60:668-683.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Kelloff, C.L.; Roesel, C. [1139] Guyana K002186002 Yes
{Baker; Simmonds} [15103] Trinidad and Tobago K002185977 Yes
Hostmann [433] Suriname K002186010 Yes
{Ratter, J.A.; Milliken, W.; Coelho, L.F.; Paulo Gomes da Silva} [R. 5569] Brazil K001247475 Yes
Wright, C. [3278] Cuba K001731333 Yes
Davis, D.H.; Persaud, R.N. [80] Guyana K002185994 Yes
Claudio [de A. Conceicae] [1351] Brazil K001247472 Yes
Kelloff, C.L.; Roesel, C. [1139] Guyana K002185996 Yes
Barreiros; Trail, J.W.H. [804] Brazil K001247464 Yes
s.coll. [2292] Guinea K002185999 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [11207] Cuba K002185969 Yes
Sintensis, P. [5602] Cuba K002185972 Yes
Baker, R.E.D. [15108] Trinidad and Tobago K002185979 Yes
[Schomburgk] [1327 B] Guyana K002185997 Yes
Ule, E. [8099] Brazil K001247461 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [1074] Cuba K002185971 Yes
[E. Gislioli] [6] Guyana K002186000 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Pott, A.; Bastos, E.K. [R. 5033] Brazil K001247473 Yes
Kerr, J. [s.n.] Brazil K002186011 Yes
Balde, A. [329] Guinea K001310312 Yes
Pereira-Silva, G.; Santos, A.J.B.; Moreira, G.A.; Pereira, J.B. [15189] Brazil K001589188 Yes
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; B. J. H. ter Welle; Gopaul, D.; James, V.} [2147] Guyana K002185993 Yes
Aitken, T.H.G. [27] Trinidad and Tobago K002185984 Yes
{Baker; Simmonds} [15104] Trinidad and Tobago K002185974 Yes
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; B. J. H. ter Welle; James, V.; Andrews, R.} [5002] Guyana K002186005 Yes
Harriss, S.A. [TP 513] Guyana K002186001 Yes
Philcox, D.; Stoelzel, V.; Kalloo, B. [8394] Trinidad and Tobago K002185986 Yes
Hostmann [433] Suriname K001731338 Yes
Simmonds, N.W. [29] Trinidad and Tobago K002185981 Yes
{Sellow} [s.n.] Brazil K001247467 Yes
Baker, R.E.D. [15108] Trinidad and Tobago K002185980 Yes
Cook, C.D.K. [201] Guyana K002186004 Yes
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; et al} [2147] Guyana K002185992 Yes
Baker, R.E.D. [15108] Trinidad and Tobago K002185982 Yes
{Baker; Simmonds} [15103] Trinidad and Tobago K001731335 Yes
Simmonds, N.W. [29] Trinidad and Tobago K001731337 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [s.n.] Guyana K002185990 Yes
[Schomburgk] [s.n.] Guyana K002185998 Yes
Wright, C. [3279] Cuba K000586942 Unknown Type Material Yes
{Spruce} [1005] Brazil K001247463 Yes
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; B. J. H. ter Welle; Sipman, H.J.M.; James, V.} [2608] Guyana K002186007 Yes
{Baker; Simmonds} [15104] Trinidad and Tobago K002185976 Yes
Ule, E. [8099] Brazil K001247462 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [804] Brazil K001247468 Yes
Dusén, P. [180[H]5] Brazil K001247471 Yes
{Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A.; Brandbyge, J.; de Granville, Jean-Jacques; Poncy, O.; Sipman, H.J.M.} [283] Guyana K002186006 Yes
{Ratter, J.A.; Milliken, W.; Coelho, L.F.; Paulo Gomes da Silva.} [R. 5569] Brazil K001247474 Yes
Schomburgk [s.n.] Guyana K002185991 Yes
Glaziou, A. [15669] Brazil K001247465 Yes
Philcox, D.; Stoelzel, V.; Kalloo, B. [8394] Trinidad and Tobago K002185985 Yes
Sastre, C. [5976] Guyana K002186008 Yes
Hostmann [[4.3.3]] Suriname K002186009 Yes
Carrick, J. [1227] Trinidad and Tobago K001731334 Yes
{Sellow} [s.n.] Brazil K001247466 Yes
Dusén, P. [18045] Brazil K001247470 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [1074] Cuba K002185970 Yes
{Grisebach} [1446] Trinidad and Tobago K002185983 Yes
{Baker; Simmonds} [15104] Trinidad and Tobago K002185975 Yes
{Baker; Simmonds} [15103] Trinidad and Tobago K002185978 Yes
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; B. J. H. ter Welle; James, V.; Andrews, R.} [5046] Guyana K002186003 Yes
Davis, D.H.; Persau, R.N. [80] Guyana K002185995 Yes
{Mori, S.A.; T. S. dos Santos} [11526] Brazil K001247469 Yes
Sintensis, P. [5602] K002185973 Yes
{Baker; Simmonds} [15102] Trinidad and Tobago K001731336 Yes
Leprieur [241] French Guiana Thalia trichocalyx K000586945 Type Yes
Jun 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11930] Cameroon Thalia welwitschii K000339870 No
Darko, K.O. [448] Ghana Thalia welwitschii K:SPC-11136.000 No
Onochie [33295] Nigeria Thalia welwitschii K:SPC-11137.000 No
Baldwin, J.T. [13309] Guinea Thalia welwitschii K:SPC-23519.000 No
Deighton, F.C. [6010] Sierra Leone Thalia welwitschii K:SPC-17132.000 No
Hepper, F.N. [1206] Nigeria Thalia welwitschii K:SPC-24748.000 No

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