Maranta.—Arrow-Root.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
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Canna indica L.
Engl.: Indian shot, Australian arrow-root.
Deu.: Australische Canna, Essbares Blumenrohr, Australische Pfeilwurz, Blumenrohr, Essbare Canna, Fleischfarbiges Blumenrohr, Scharlachrotes Blumenrohr.
Fran.: tous les mois.
Sven.: röd arrowrot, australisk arrowrot, indisk arrowrot, indiskt blomsterrör.
Suom.: nuolijuurikanna, intiankanna.
Bot. syn.: Canna carnea Rosc., Canna coccinea P. Mill., Canna edulis Ker-Gawl.
Pre-Linnaean:
Arundo indica florida Cannacorus qvorundam,
Arundo indica latifolia (Bauh. pin. 19.) (Linnaeus Species Plantarum 1753),
Canna foliis ovatis utrinque acuminatis nervosis (Roy. lugdb. 11., Fl. zeyl. 1., Hort. ups. 1.) (Linnaeus Species Plantarum 1753),
Canna indica,
Canna indica flore rubro,
Canna spatulis bifloris (Hort. cliff. 1.) (Linnaeus Species Plantarum 1753),
Cannacorus amplissimo folio flore rutilo,
Cannacorus latifolius vulgaris.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: The American Eclectic Dispensatory, by John King, 1854.
Classic texts: Pereira 1854.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
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