Maranta can refer to:
*The
Marantaceae
The Marantaceae are a family, the arrowroot family, of flowering plants consisting of 31 genera and around 530 species, defining it as one of the most species-rich families in its order.Kennedy, H. (2000). “Diversification in pollination mechan ...
family of "prayer plants", including arrowroot
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''Maranta'' (plant), a genus within that family
Maranta as a personal name may refer to:
*In
author citation (botany)
In botanical nomenclature, author citation is the way of citing the person or group of people who validly published a botanical name, i.e. who first published the name while fulfilling the formal requirements as specified by the '' International C ...
, Maranta is
Bartolomeo Maranta
Bartolomeo Maranta, also Bartholomaeus Marantha (1500 – 24 March 1571) was an Italian physician, botanist, and literary theorist.
The Marantaceae, a family of herbaceous perennials related to the gingers, are named after him. His name was also ...
, the 16th century botanist for whom the Marantaceae are named and also a literary theorist
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Barry Maranta, Australian sports administrator
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Lachlan Maranta
Lachlan Maranta (born 17 April 1992) is a professional Rugby league footballer who plays on the for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in the Queensland Cup.
He previously played for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League.
Maranta played ...
(born 1992), Australian Rugby League player, Grandson of Barry Maranta
*For
Edgard Aristide Maranta
Edgar Aristide Maranta, OFMCap, commonly known as Edgar Maranta (9 January 1897 – 29 January 1975) was a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church who spent most of his career in Dar es Salaam, 23 years as apostolic delegate from 1930 to 1953 and 15 y ...
, see
Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar
The Diocese of Zanzibar ( la, Dioecesis Zanzibarensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam.
The dioc ...
; for
Edgar Aristide Maranta
Edgar Aristide Maranta, OFMCap, commonly known as Edgar Maranta (9 January 1897 – 29 January 1975) was a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church who spent most of his career in Dar es Salaam, 23 years as apostolic delegate from 1930 to 1953 and 15 y ...
(possibly the same person), see
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam ( la, Archidioecesis Daressalaamensis) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania.
The archdiocese's motherchurch and seat of its archbishop is St. Joseph's Ca ...
*Maranta, a character in the Dragonlance series; see
List of minor Dragonlance characters#Kang's Regiment
*Luca Maranta, ragazzo italian cousin di Andrea Pauer ( il kamikaze di petardi )
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