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Details for: TARS 18101,
Maranta arundinacea
L., Arrowroot
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Maranta arundinacea
L.
Top Name:
Arrowroot
Origin:
Donated – Puerto Rico, United States
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
Feb 2006
Form Received:
Tuber
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Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Distributed as: Rhizomes, Available: Year-round
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Maranta arundinacea
L.
Top Name:
Arrowroot
Origin:
Donated – Puerto Rico, United States
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
Feb 2006
Form Received:
Tuber
Source History
Donated
February 2006.
Puerto Rico, United States
Donor(s):
Torres, Pedro, USDA, ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
Arrowroot
Type: Local name
TARS 18101
Type: Site identifier
Group: MISC.TARS
Narrative
Maranta arundinacea
L.
Genus:
Maranta
Family:
Marantaceae
Nomen number:
23393
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:2. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/23/1995
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
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Name
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Citation
English
arrowroot
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
maranta
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
West Indian arrowroot
1
DeFilipps, R. A.
1992. Ornamental garden plants of the Guianas Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
French
herbe aux flèches
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Pfeilwurz
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)
agutiguepe
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
araruta
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)
araruta-comum
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
araruta-palmeira
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Spanish
arruruz
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
chuchute tamalera
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
arrowrot
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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