Calathea lutea

Calathea lutea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zingiberales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Marantaceae
Genus: Calathea
Species: Calathea lutea

Name

Calathea lutea (Aubl.) E.Mey. ex Schult., Mant. 1: 8 (1822).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Maranta lutea Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 4 (1775).
• Homotypic
  • Phrynium luteum (Aubl.) Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 494 (1830).
  • Phyllodes lutea (Aubl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 695 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Maranta disticha Buc'hoz, Herb. Color. Amérique: t. 156 (1783).
  • Maranta cachibou Jacq., Fragm. Bot.: 52 (1806).
    • Calathea cachibou (Jacq.) Lindl. ex Horan., Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 12 (1862).
  • Maranta casupo Jacq., Fragm. Bot.: 51 (1806).
    • Phrynium casupo (Jacq.) Roscoe, Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 43 (1827).
  • Calathea discolor G.Mey., Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 7 (1818).
  • Maranta argentea W.Bull, Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 1884: 13 (1884).
  • Calathea magnifica C.V.Morton & Skutch, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 20: 372 (1930).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• E.Mey., 1822, Mantissa in Volumen Primum, 1: 8
• Schultes, J.A. 1822. Mantissa in volumen primum. Systematis vegetabilium caroli a Linné : ex editione Joan. Jac. Roemer et Jos. Aug. Schultes. Stuttgardtiae: J.G. Cottae. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Calathea lutea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Calathea lutea. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 25 2015.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Calathea lutea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Apr. 2015.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Calathea lutea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Cuban Cigar Plant

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