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The name Canna originates from the Latin word for a cane or reed. [13] Canna indica, commonly called achira in Latin America, has been cultivated by Native Americans in tropical America for thousands of years, and was one of the earliest domesticated plants in the Americas. The starchy root is edible. [14]
Canna liliiflora is a species of herb in the family Cannaceae. It is native of Peru and Bolivia. Description. Herb up to 3 m with stout, erect stems. Leaves large ...
These have become progressively divided to form the modern phyletic classification into the following monophyletic families: Zingiberaceae (gingers), Musaceae (bananas), Heliconiaceae (heliconias), Strelitziaceae (bird-of-paradise), Costaceae (spiral gingers), Cannaceae (canna lilies), Marantaceae (prayer plants), and Lowiaceae (Orchidantha).
The following list is based on the Taxonomic revision of the family Cannaceae in the New World and Asia, by Tanaka [4] and the proposal to conserve the name Canna tuerckheimii over C. latifolia.
[2] [3] [4] This group has occasionally been referred to as the Année Group, after the originator, Théodore Année, the world's first Canna hybridizer. However, the use of an accented character in the name creates problems, both in pronunciation and keyboard entry, that it was felt that as they were grown primarily for foliage, then "Foliage ...
Plant in multiple terra cotta pots to maintain design unity. Exposure: ... Canna Lily. Canna lilies are striking plants that adore the heat! Plant them as part of a combination container, or put ...
A view of a bluebead lily, one of the native lilies that thrive in the White Mountains. Over the next month, get outside and look for lilies (except for trout lilies that bloomed in early spring ...
Canna coccinea is a species of the Canna genus, belonging to the family Cannaceae. A native of northern Argentina, it was introduced in England from South America in 1731. A native of northern Argentina, it was introduced in England from South America in 1731.