''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.
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Description
Herbs up to 2 m tall.[Cooke, Ian, 2001. The Gardener's Guide to Growing cannas, Timber Press. ] Full heads of raspberry red flowers held high over the deeper green leaves. Orange or red staminodes (usually 2). The inflorescence stalk generally elongated and not branched. The fruits contain 3 to 5 seeds. The inflorescence stalk is triangular in cross-section and acutely angled; with three distinct longitudinal ridges.
Taxonomy
Paulus Johannes Maria Maas
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from Netherlands and Nobuyuki Tanaka from Japan
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, both experts in the taxonomy of genus Canna, assign different classifications for this species.
Dr Maas considers C. ''coccinea'' to be a synonym of ''C. indica'' L., however, Dr Tanaka's DNA-based approach shows that species in the ''Canna indica'' complex can be clearly distinguished from other taxa, as a result he recognises it as a separate species.[Tanaka, N. 2001. Taxonomic revision of the family Cannaceae in the New World and Asia. Makinoa ser. 2, 1:34–43.]
Cultivation
''C. coccinea'' 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.
Ecology
The species is invasive in New Caledonia
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See also
* Canna
Canna may refer to:
Places
* Canna, Western Australia, a locality in the Shire of Morawa, Australia
* Canna, Calabria, a ''comune'' in the Province of Cosenza, Italy
* Cannae, a ''frazione'' in the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Ita ...
* List of Canna species
* List of Canna cultivars
This list of ''Canna'' cultivars is a gallery of named cultivars of plants in the genus '' Canna'' that are representative of the various ''Canna'' cultivar groups (i.e., groups of very similar cultivars).
Names of cultivars conform to the rules ...
References
Further reading
* Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. (F Jam)
* Cabrera, A. L., ed. 1965–1970. Flora de la provincia de Buenos Aires. (F BuenAir)
* Fournet, J. 1978. Flore illustree des phanerogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique. (F GuadMart)
* Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978–. Flora de Veracruz. (F Veracruz)
* Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
* León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969 (F CubaLeon)
* Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin)
* Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
* Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)
External links
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coccinea
Flora of Argentina
Taxa named by Philip Miller