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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Marantaceae
| image = Maranta leuconeura3.jpg
| image_width = 230px
| image_caption = ''Maranta leuconeura''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae, <br>'''[[commelinids]]'''
| ordo = [[Zingiberales]]
| familia = Marantaceae
| familia_authority = R.Br. (1814)
| subdivision_ranks = genera
| subdivision = see text
}}
'''Marantaceae''' is a [[botanical name]] for a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plants]]. Such a family has been widely recognized by taxonomists: it is sometimes called the "prayer-plant family".
The [[APG II system]], of 2003 (unchanged from the [[APG system]], 1998), also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order [[Zingiberales]] in the clade '''[[commelinids]]''' in the '''[[monocots]]'''. The family counts a few dozen genera, totalling hundreds of species, found in the tropical areas of the world except in [[Australia]].
The most famous species in the family is [[arrowroot]] (''Maranta arundinacea''), a plant of the [[Caribbean]], for its easily digestible starch. Several species of genus ''[[Calathea]]'' are grown as houseplants for their handsome ornamental leaves, patterned in various shades of green, white and pink.
== External links ==
{{commonscat|Marantaceae}}
{{wikispecies}}
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/marantac.htm Marantaceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). ''[http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ The families of flowering plants]: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.'' Version: 27th April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10535 Marantaceae in the ''Flora of North America'']
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=10535 Marantaceae in the ''Flora of China'']
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=4619&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser]
* [http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Marantaceae links at CSDL]
* [http://hiloweb.com/webman/mar.html Maranta (Leuconeura)] Common names: Prayer plant, Rabbits tracks
* [http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/county/smith/tips/house/prayerPlant.html Prayer Plant (Maranta leuconeura)]
* [http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/envirohort/factsheets/pottedplants/prayrpl.html Prayer plant, Rabbit's tracks] (Maranta leuconeura 'Kerchoviana')
[[Category:Zingiberales| Marantaceae]]
[[Category:Plant families]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Marantaceae
| image = Maranta leuconeura3.jpg
| image_width = 230px
| image_caption = ''Maranta leuconeura''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae, <br>'''[[commelinids]]'''
| ordo = [[Zingiberales]]
| familia = Marantaceae
| familia_authority = R.Br. (1814)
| subdivision_ranks = genera
| subdivision = see text
}}
'''Marantaceae''' is a [[botanical name]] for a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plants]]. Such a family has been widely recognized by taxonomists: it is sometimes called the "prayer-plant family".
The [[APG II system]], of 2003 (unchanged from the [[APG system]], 1998), also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order [[Zingiberales]] in the clade '''[[commelinids]]''' in the '''[[monocots]]'''. The family counts a few dozen genera, totalling hundreds of species, found in the tropical areas of the world except in [[Australia]].
The most famous species in the family is [[arrowroot]] (''Maranta arundinacea''), a plant of the [[Caribbean]], for its easily digestible starch. Several species of genus ''[[Calathea]]'' are grown as houseplants for their handsome ornamental leaves, patterned in various shades of green, white and pink.
== External links ==
{{commonscat|Marantaceae}}
{{wikispecies}}
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/marantac.htm Marantaceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). ''[http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ The families of flowering plants]: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.'' Version: 27th April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10535 Marantaceae in the ''Flora of North America'']
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=10535 Marantaceae in the ''Flora of China'']
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=4619&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser]
* [http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Marantaceae links at CSDL]
* [http://hiloweb.com/webman/mar.html Maranta (Leuconeura)] Common names: Prayer plant, Rabbits tracks
* [http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/county/smith/tips/house/prayerPlant.html Prayer Plant (Maranta leuconeura)]
* [http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/envirohort/factsheets/pottedplants/prayrpl.html Prayer plant, Rabbit's tracks] (Maranta leuconeura 'Kerchoviana')
[[Category:Zingiberales| Marantaceae]]
[[Category:Plant families]]
