Marantaceae
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.289.3.1 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EA7D87D5-FFCB-FFCF-FF30-888EDFDD7320 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Marantaceae |
status |
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Key to Singapore Marantaceae View in CoL View at ENA
1. Plants rosulate only with a short (<1 m) simple stem that supports an inflorescence; Leaves generally basal, at most a single laminate leaf on a prominent stem, always associated with an inflorescence..........................................................................................2.
1. Shrubs with a tall (> 1.5 m) aerial stem with several orders of branching and many leaves; all leaves on prominent stems...........7.
2. Large plant with leaves over 1 m tall................................................................................................................................................3.
2. Small plant to 0.9 m tall, including leaves, usually shorter...............................................................................................................6.
3. Synflorescence terminal on a leafy stem...........................................................................................................................................4.
3. Synflorescence radical, on a stem protected by several bract-like scales.........................................................................................5.
4. Leaves green, with a pink shine on the abaxial surface when young: on flowering plants the uppermost leaf on top of a prominent stem (60–70 cm), inflorescence emerging from the base of the uppermost leaf...................................................... Phrynium hirtum View in CoL
4. Leaves green with prominent dark green striation; inflorescence emerging through the leaf-sheaths at 3–4 cm height..................... ............................................................................................................................................................................ Phrynium villosulum View in CoL
5. Underside of leaves with a distinctly coloured band on one margin; inflorescences with persistent yellow-green bracts and small (2 cm) white flowers.................................................................................................................................. Stachyphrynium latifolium View in CoL
5. Underside of leaves uniform in colour; inflorescence with large deciduous pink bracts and small (2 cm) pale purple flowers......... .................................................................................................................................................................... Thaumatococcus daniellii View in CoL
6. Leaves 16–27 cm; with a prominent terminal, leafless inflorescence (but rarely similar in inflorescence structure to the next species)............................................................................................................................................................... Stachyphrynium parvum View in CoL
6. Leaves 26–28 cm; on flowering plants the uppermost leaf on top of a prominent stem, inflorescence emerging from the base of the uppermost leaf ................................................................................................................................................................ Phrynium sp.
7. Leaves (16–) 23–27 cm; inflorescence variable, but usually pendulous and often heavily branched, flower 1.7–1.9 cm ................... ............................................................................................................................................................................... Donax canniformis View in CoL
7. Leaves 8–14 cm; inflorescence upright, rarely branched, flower ca. 3.5 cm ................................... Schumannianthus benthamianus View in CoL
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