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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
Maranta amazonica L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta amplifolia K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta anderssoniana Yosh.-Arns, Mayo & M.Alves	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta arundinacea L.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta bracteosa Petersen ex Warm.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta burchellii K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta cordata Körn.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta coriacea S.Vieira & V.C.Souza	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta cristata Nees & Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta cyclophylla K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta depressa E.Morren	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta foliosa Körn.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta friedrichsthallana Körn.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta furcata Nees & Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta gibba Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta hatschbachiana Yosh.-Arns, Mayo & M.Alves	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta humilis Aubl.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta incrassata L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta leuconeura E.Morren	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta lietzei (E.Morren) C.H.Nelson, Sutherl. & Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta lindmanii L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta linearis L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta longiflora S.Vieira & V.C.Souza	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta longipes K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta longiscapa S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta noctiflora Regel & Körn.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta parvifolia Petersen ex Warm.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta phrynioides Körn.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta pleiostachys K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta pluriflora (Petersen) K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta pohliana Körn.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta protracta Miq.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta pulchra S.Vieira & V.C.Souza	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta purpurea S.Vieira & V.C.Souza	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta pycnostachys K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta ruiziana Körn.	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta rupicola L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta sobolifera L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta subterranea J.M.A.Braga	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta tuberculata L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP
Maranta zingiberina L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 255 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Maranta. Of these 41 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 9 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 255 species names for the genus Maranta recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	41	16.1%
◕	Synonym	191	74.9%
◕	Unplaced	18	7.1%
◕	Unassessed	5	2.0%

All names

The status of the 264 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Maranta recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	41	15.5%
◕	Synonym	200	75.8%
◕	Unplaced	18	6.8%
◕	Unassessed	5	1.9%

Of these names,

• 5 are recorded as invalid
• 10 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 255 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Maranta, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	40	177	0	0	217	85.1%
	Medium confidence	0	5	0	0	5	2.0%
	Low confidence	1	9	18	5	33	12.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Maranta, are as follows: