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The genus Maranta is in the family Marantaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Maranta

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Maranta amazonica L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta amplifolia K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta anderssoniana Yosh.-Arns, Mayo & M.Alves	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta arundinacea L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta bella	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Maranta bracteosa Petersen ex Warm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta bracteosa Petersen	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Maranta burchellii K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta cinerea Denester	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta cordata Körn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta coriacea S.Vieira & V.C.Souza	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta cristata Nees & Mart.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta cyclophylla K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta depressa E.Morren	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta eburnea Linden & André	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta fascinator L.Linden & Rodigas	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta flexuosa T.Lestib.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta florestina auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta foliosa Körn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta friedrichsthallana Körn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta furcata Nees & Mart.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta gibba Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta hatschbachiana Yosh.-Arns, Mayo & M.Alves	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta hoyeti Jacob-Makoy	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta humilis Aubl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta incrassata L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta leopoldii auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta leuconeura E.Morren	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta lietzei (E.Morren) C.H.Nelson, Sutherl. & Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta lindmanii L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta linearis L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta longiflora S.Vieira & V.C.Souza	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta longipes K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta longiscapa S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta louisae auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta mariae auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta morrenii Jacob-Makoy	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta noctiflora Regel & Körn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta oblongifolia Regel	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta orbisulata K. Schum.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Maranta parvifolia Petersen ex Warm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta parvifolia Petersen	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Maranta perennis A.Usteri	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta phrynioides Körn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta pierardii Jacob-Makoy	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta pleiostachys K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta pluriflora (Petersen) K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta pohliana Körn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta protracta Miq.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta pulchra S.Vieira & V.C.Souza	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta purpurea S.Vieira & V.C.Souza	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta pycnostachys K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta rugosa J.M.A.Braga & S.Vieira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta ruiziana Körn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta rupicola L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta seemannii auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta sobolifera L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta striata Veitch	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta strigosa Horan.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta subterranea J.M.A.Braga	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta tuberculata L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta veitchii auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta virginalis Linden ex Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Maranta zingiberina L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 90 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Maranta. Of these 42 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 12 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Maranta. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 90 species names for the genus Maranta recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	42	46.7%
◕	Synonym	26	28.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	22	24.4%

All names

The status of the 102 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Maranta recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	42	41.2%
◕	Synonym	38	37.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	22	21.6%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 90 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Maranta, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	42	24	0	0	66	73.3%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	2.2%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	22	22	24.4%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Maranta is as follows: