Stromanthe is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae, native to the tropical portions of the Americas from Mexico to Trinidad to northern Argentina.[2][3][4]
| Stromanthe | |
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| Stromanthe lutea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: | Stromanthe Sond.[1] |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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- Species[2]
- Stromanthe angustifolia - Bolivia
- Stromanthe bahiensis - Bahia
- Stromanthe boliviana - Bolivia, NW Argentina
- Stromanthe confusa - Bolivia
- Stromanthe glabra - E + S Brazil
- Stromanthe guapilesensis - Costa Rica
- Stromanthe hjalmarssonii - Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
- Stromanthe idroboi - Colombia, Venezuela
- Stromanthe jacquinii - Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
- Stromanthe macrochlamys - S Mexico, Central America, Colombia
- Stromanthe palustris - Costa Rica
- Stromanthe papillosa - SE + S Brazil
- Stromanthe popolucana - Veracruz
- Stromanthe porteana - E Brazil
- Stromanthe ramosissima - Ecuador
- Stromanthe sanguinea - Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon (synonym of S. thalia)
- Stromanthe schottiana - E + SE Brazil
- Stromanthe sellowiana - Bahia, Rio de Janeiro
- Stromanthe stromanthoides - Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Acre
- Stromanthe thalia - SE Brazil
- Stromanthe tonckat - Trinidad, much of tropical Central + South America
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- ^ Sonder, Otto Wilhelm. 1849. Neue Allgemeine Deutsche Garten- und Blumenzeitung 5: 225
- ^ a b c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
- ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
- ^ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
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