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468:Yosh.-Arns, Mayo & M.Alves
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240:are undivided with sheathing
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434:Maranta friedrichsthaliana
233:clumps. The crowded oval,
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269:. Some species such as
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509:(E.Morren) C.H.Nelson
333:Maranta anderssoniana
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595:Maranta pleiostachys
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725:Maranta zingiberina
715:Maranta tuberculata
705:Maranta subterranea
585:Maranta phrynioides
343:Maranta arundinacea
262:Maranta arundinacea
229:and naturally form
22:Maranta arundinacea
695:Maranta sobolifera
605:Maranta pluriflora
575:Maranta parvifolia
565:Maranta noctiflora
555:Maranta longiscapa
535:Maranta longiflora
494:Maranta leuconeura
484:Maranta incrassata
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272:Maranta leuconeura
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256:Cultivation
147:Marantaceae
127:Commelinids
101:Angiosperms
1159:Categories
736:References
250:staminodes
267:arrowroot
235:evergreen
231:perennial
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872:Q1342315
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579:Petersen
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172:Synonyms
143:Family:
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887:Maranta
857:Maranta
781:Maranta
767:Maranta
559:S.Moore
302:Species
287:(2 - 3
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202:in the
192:Maranta
181:Allouya
158:Maranta
153:Genus:
133:Order:
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