Canna pedunculata

taxobox
name = "Canna pedunculata"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Zingiberales
familia = Cannaceae
genus = "Canna"
species = "C. pedunculata"
binomial = "Canna pedunculata"
binomial_authority = Sims|

"Canna pedunculata" Sims is a species of the "Canna" genus, belonging to the family Cannaceae. Native of south-east Brazil at low altitudes. Johnson's Dictionary of 1856 reports that it first entered England in 1820, meaning 'long-flower-stalked'.

It is a perennial growing to 2.5m (8ft) tall. It is hardy to zone 10 and is frost tender. In the north latitudes it is in flower from August to October, and the seeds ripen in October. The flowers are hermaphrodite.

ynonyms

* "Canna buekii" Weinm.
* "Canna reflexa" Nees ex D.Dietr.

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. The two taxonomists are in agreement that this is a separate and distinct species.

"Canna pedunculata" Sims

Grows to 2.5m tall, leaves are green, glaucous and relatively narrow (4-13cm/1½-5 inches wide). The flowers are erect, yellow, relatively small (3-4cm/1¼-1½inches long), composed of 9 coloured parts; sepals obtuse; petals reflexed; 4 staminodes, narrow (2-10mm/¼-½inch wide).

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 links

* [http://www.kew.org/wcsp/prepareChecklist.do Kew Gardens, Checklist of plant families]

=See also=
* Canna
* List of Canna species
* List of Canna cultivars