SuperOrdo
Zingiberanae
Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.
Ordo
Zingiberales
Griseb.
pub. Grundr. Syst. Bot.: 167. Jan-Jun 1854.
Familia
Marantaceae
Petersen in Engl. & Prantl
pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam., II, 6: 33. Oct 1888, nom. cons. common name:
Arrowroots
Genus
Ctenanthe
Eichler
Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with
The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.
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