Canna patens

taxobox
name = "Canna patens"


image_caption = fruit of "C". patens
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Zingiberales
familia = Cannaceae
genus = "Canna"
species = "C. patens"
binomial = "Canna patens"
binomial_authority = (Roscoe) Tb. Tanaka|

"Canna patens" (Roscoe) Tb. Tanaka is a species of the "Canna" genus; small sized; green foliage, ovoid shaped, spreading habit; triangular stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are upright, yellow with a wide red margin, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, petals yellow, partial self-cleaning; fertile both ways, self-pollinating and also true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white; tillering is prolific.

ynonyms

* "Canna aura-vittata" Lodd.
* "Canna humilis" Bouché
* "Canna indica var. limbata" Peters.
* "Canna indica var. patens" Aiton
* "Canna limbata" Roscoe
* "Canna longifolia" Bouché
* "Canna montana" Blume
* "Canna recurvata" Bouché

Taxonomy

In the last three decades of the 20th century, Canna species have been categorised by two different taxonomists, Paulus Johannes Maria Maas from the Netherlands and Nobuyuki Tanaka from Japan. Maas considers "C". " patens" a synonym of "C. indica", but Tanaka considers it a distinct and separate species according to DNA alanlysis.

References

* Cooke, Ian, 2001. The Gardener's Guide to Growing cannas, Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-513-6
* Johnson's Gardeners Dictionary, 1856
* Tanaka, N. 2001. Taxonomic revision of the family Cannaceae in the New World and Asia. Makinoa ser. 2, 1:34–43.

External References

* [http://www.kew.org/wcsp/prepareChecklist.do Kew Gardens, Checklist of plant families]
* [http://www.clainescanna.co.uk/Canna_patens.htm Canna "patens" in the Claines Canna Collection]

ee also

* Canna
* List of Canna species
* List of Canna cultivars