Details for: PI 18300, Canna indica L.

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Canna indica L.

Origin:

Collected – Sicilia, Italy

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

30 Mar 1906

PI Assigned:

1905

Inventory Volume:

12
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Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Canna indica L.

Origin:

Collected – Sicilia, Italy

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

30 Mar 1906

PI Assigned:

1905

Source History

Collected

Sicilia, Italy

Collector(s):

Borzi, A., Botanic Gardens - Palermo

Accession Names and Identifiers

Narrative

Canna indica L.

Genus:

Canna

Family:

Cannaceae

Nomen number:

8858

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:1. 1753

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358022

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

02/02/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Canna coccinea Mill.
Canna compacta Roscoe
Canna edulis Ker Gawl.
Canna limbata Roscoe
Canna lutea Mill.
Canna warszewiczii A. Dietr.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	African arrowroot	as Canna edulis	1	Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. Note: = Canna edulis
English	canna		1	Vietmeyer, N. D., ed. 1989. Achira. Lost crops of the Incas. 27-37. Note: as Canna edulis; the common name achira is used for the vegetable or starch, while canna is used for ornamentals
English	edible canna		1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	Indian-shot		1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	purple arrowroot		1	Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. Note: = Canna edulis
English	Queensland arrowroot		1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	Sierra Leone arrowroot	as Canna edulis	1	Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. Note: = Canna edulis
Afrikaans	Indiese kanna		2	Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
French	balisier comestible		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	tous-les-mois		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	eßbares Blumenrohr		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1272.
German	westindisches Blumenrohr		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	albará		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	bananeirinha-da-Índia		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	bananeirinha-de-flor		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	beri		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	caeté-dos-jardins		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	cana-da-Índia		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	achira		2	Maas-van de Kamer, H. & P. J. M. Maas. 2008. The Cannaceae of the world. Blumea 53:247-318.
Spanish	caña comestible		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	gruya		2	Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Spanish	platanillo		2	Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Spanish	yuquilla		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	röd arrowrot		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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