Marantochloa is a genus of plant in family Marantaceae described as a genus in 1860.[1][3] It is native to tropical Africa and to islands in the Indian Ocean.
| Marantochloa | |
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| Marantochloa leucantha | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: | Marantochloa Brongn. ex Gris |
| Type species | |
| Marantochloa comorensis | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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- Species[2]
- Marantochloa alba – Gabon
- Marantochloa comorensis – Comoros, Madagascar
- Marantochloa conferta – West and Central Africa
- Marantochloa congensis – West and Central Africa
- Marantochloa cordifolia – Central Africa
- Marantochloa cuspidata – West and Central Africa
- Marantochloa filipes – West and Central Africa
- Marantochloa grandiflora – Gabon
- Marantochloa incertifolia – Gabon
- Marantochloa leucantha – tropical Africa
- Marantochloa mannii – West and Central Africa
- Marantochloa microphylla – Gabon, Cabinda, Republic of the Congo
- Marantochloa mildbraedii – Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon
- Marantochloa monophylla – West and Central Africa
- Marantochloa montsdecristalii – Gabon
- Marantochloa purpurea – tropical Africa
- Marantochloa ramosissima – West Africa
- Marantochloa sulphurea – Gabon
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