Monotagma
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Monotagma (single row or series, from the Greek). Marantaceae. Maranta-like plants, about 10 species, in S. Amer., one of which is in cult. It belongs to the 1-loculed section of the family, with a single staminodium; differs from Ischnosiphon, among other things, in its solitary rather than geminate fls. M. smaragdinum, Schum. (Maranta smaragdina, Lind. Calathea smaragdina, Lind. Ischnosiphon smardgdinum, Eichl.). Erect perennial showy herb, 1-1½ft.: lvs. long-petioled, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, the base more or less rounded, emerald-green above with a dark green central stripe, beneath pale green and minutely puberulent: fls. 4-8, solitary, disposed in spikes; sepals lanceolate; corolla-tube much exceeding calyx, the lobes lanceolate and obtuse; staminode obovate. Ecuador.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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