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(Last Modified On 10/29/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/29/2012)
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Species
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CANNA INDICA L.
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Sp. P1. 1. 1753.
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Synonym
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Canna indica var. patens Ait. Hort. Kew. 1:1. 1789. Cannacorus indicus Medic. in Acta Acad. Theod.-palat. 6: Phys. 379. 1790. Cannacorus ovatus Moench, Meth. 526. 1794. Canna patens (Ait.) Rosc. Trans. Linn. Soc. 8:338. 1807. Canna sylvestris Rosc, acc. to Kranzl. in Engl. Pflanzenr. IV. 47:61. 1912, as to Panamanian exsiccatae. Canna Warscewiczii A. Dietr. acc. to Kranzl. loc. cit. 64. 1912, as to Panamanian exsiccatae.
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Description
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Plants 1-3 m. tall, glabrous throughout; leaves ovate to ovate-elliptic, acute to shortly acuminate, base broadly obtuse or rounded then abruptly and shortly decurrent to the sheath, 15-50 cm. long, 9-20 cm. broad; inflorescence usually branched several times toward the base, bearing numerous paired, shortly pedi- cellate to subsessile flowers; sepals lanceolate, 0.9-1.2 cm. long; corolla 3-4 cm. long, red frequently flushed with yellow toward the base, the lobes narrowly oblong-lanceolate, narrowly acuminate, spreading, the tube about as long as the sepals; staminodia oblanceolate, 4-5 cm. long, red frequently flushed with yellow or orange at the base; capsules irregularly ellipsoid, 2-4 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. broad, densely spinose-muricate.
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Distribution
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Mexico to southern Brazil; Antilles. Chiefly in lowland thickets and open forest.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Almirante, Skutch I3; Talamanca valley, Carleton I23. CANAL ZONE: Culebra, Pittier 2524; Balboa, Standley 2555I, 26070. DARIEN: Boca de Cupe, Williams 820. PANAMA: Juan Diaz, Standley 30486; Panama', Maxon, Harvey d Valen- tine 7097.
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Note
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Although annotated and cited by Kranzlin as representing two distinct species, neither C. indicoa, I cannot reconcile myself to consider these specimens other than a single biological entity. In the absence of more acceptable authority, I am assigning them to C. indica, the plates of which, provided by Roscoe, agree suf- ficiently well with our plants. C. coccinea Mill. probably also should be added as a synonym.
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