Marantochloa

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.

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

Marantochloa
Marantochloa leucantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Marantaceae
Genus:	Marantochloa Brongn. ex Gris
Type species
Marantochloa comorensis Brongn. ex Gris[1]
Synonyms[2]
Clinogyne Salisb. ex Benth. Ataenidia Gagnep.

Flowers of Marantochloa purpurea