Name:		Marantaceae Petersen [basionym]
Status:		Family
Taxonomic position:		Zingiberales [Order] Liliopsida [Class] Magnoliophyta [Division / Phylum] Plantae [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subfamilies / Genera Actoplanes Afrocalathea Schumann Allouya Ataenidia Bamburanta Calathea G. Meyer Clinogyne Cominsia Hemsley Ctenanthe Eichler Ctenophrynium Schumann Donax Lour. Halopegia Schumann Haumania Léonard Hybophrynium Hylaeanthe A. Jonker & Jonker Hypselodelphys (Schumann) Milne-Redh. Ischnosiphon Koern. Koernickanthe Maranta L. Marantochloa Brongn. ex Gris. Megaphrynium Milne-Redh. Monophrynium Schumann Monophyllanthe Schumann Monotagma Schumann Myrosma L. f. Phacelophrynium Schumann Phrynium Willd. Pleiostachya Schumann Sanblasia L. Saranthe (Regel & Koern.) Eichler Sarcophrynium Schumann Schumannianthus Gagnep. Stachyphrynium Schumann Stromanthe Sonder Thalia L. Thaumatococcus Benth. Thymocarpus Nicolson, Steyerm. & Sivadasan Trachyphrynium Benth.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Biological Records Database (5 records)
Links:		Electronic Plant Information Centre [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] International Plant Names Index New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Herbarium] USDA Plants Database [Natural Resources Conservation Service]