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Canna indica L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Zingiberales
family
Cannaceae
genus
Canna
species
Canna indica

Name

Synonyms
Canna achiras Gillies
Canna achiras Gillies ex D.Don
Canna altensteinii Bouché
Canna amabilis T.Koyama & Nob.Tanaka
Canna ascendens Ciciar.
Canna atronigricans André
Canna aurantiaca Roscoe
Canna aureovittata G.Lodd.
Canna barbadica Bouché
Canna bidentata Bertol.
Canna bifida Roem. & Schult.
Canna bihorellii G.Nicholson
Canna brasiliensis Roscoe
Canna brasiliensis Roscoe ex Spreng.
Canna caledonis-peltata Chaté
Canna carnea Roscoe
Canna cearensis Huber
Canna chinensis Willd.
Canna cinnabarina Bouché
Canna coccinea Mill.
Homonyms
Canna indica Ruiz & Pav., 1798
Canna indica Curtis, 1799
Canna indica Redouté, 1807
Canna indica L.
Common names
African arrowroot in English
Canna in French
Canna dell'India in Italian
Indian shot in English
Indian shot in English
Indian shot in English
Indian-shot in English
Indiese kanna in Afrikaans
Jajamía in language.
Queensland arrowroot in English
Rigua in language.
Sierra Leone arrowroot in English
Westindisches Blumenrohr in German
achira in Spanish
albará in language.
araruta-bastarda in Portuguese
balisier comestible in French
bananeirinha-da-Índia in language.
bananeirinha-de-flor in language.
beri in language.
caeté in Portuguese
caeté-dos-jardins in language.
caité-de-thallo-roxo in Portuguese
cana-da-india in Portuguese
cana-da-Índia in language.
caña comestible in Spanish
conteira in Portuguese
edible canna in English
eßbares Blumenrohr in German
gruya in Spanish
parirí in Portuguese
platanillo in Spanish
purple arrowroot in English
roca-viana in Portuguese
röd arrowrot in Swedish
tous-les-mois in French
westindisches Blumenrohr in German
yuquilla in Spanish
Cannon in English
Indian-shot in English
Indian Shot in English
canna lily in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & Celis, M. (eds.). (2015). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C. Disponible en http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  2. Maas-van de Kamer, H., and P. J. M. Maas, 2008: The Cannaceae of the World. Blumea, vol. 53, no. 2. 247-318.
  3. Ortega, M. C., Mojica-Ramos, S. L., Vergara-Navarro, E. V. & Sotelo-Cardona, P. 2020. Associated entomofauna with edible canna crops Canna indica (Cannaceae) in three areas of Colombia. Revista Colombiana de Entomología, 46(1).
  4. Posada, J. A. & López, M. T. 2011. Plantas acuáticas del altiplano del oriente antioqueño, Colombia. Rionegro: Universidad Católica de Oriente, 121.
  5. Sp. Pl.,1:1,1753
  6. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database (2021xy), https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=CAIN19
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