''Canna coccinea'' is a species of the ''Canna'' genus, belonging to the family

Cannaceae ''Canna'' or canna lily is the only genus of flowering plants in the family Cannaceae, consisting of 10 species.The Cannaceae of the World, H. Maas-van der Kamer & P.J.M. Maas, BLUMEA 53: 247-318 Cannas are not true lilies, but have been ass ...

. A native of northern Argentina., it was introduced in England from South America in 1731.Kew Gardens, Checklist of plant families
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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 from

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Nobuyuki Tanaka is an economic botanist at the Tokyo Metropolitan University, the Makino Botanical Garden in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. Tanaka is an expert on the family Cannaceae ''Canna'' or canna lily is the only genus of flowering plants in the family C ...

from Japan, 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.

References

* 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

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q3926665 coccinea Flora of Argentina Taxa named by Philip Miller