• Source: Canna patens

Canna patens is a species of herb in the Cannaceae family.




Description


Small sized with spreading habit and thick rhizomes (these up to 3 cm in diameter). Green ovate leaves; green triangular stems; upright spikes with flowers of yellow petals with a wide red margin; staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular; capsules globose.




Taxonomy


Paul Maas and Nobuyuki Tanaka, both experts on the genus Canna have different opinions regarding this species. Maas considers C. patens a synonym of C. indica, but Tanaka considers it a distinct and separate species according to DNA analysis.




See also


Canna
List of Canna species
List of Canna cultivars




References


Cooke, Ian, 2001. The Gardener's Guide to Growing cannas, Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-513-6
Tanaka, N. 2001. Taxonomic revision of the family Cannaceae in the New World and Asia. Makinoa ser. 2, 1:34–43.




External links


Canna patens in the Claines Canna Collection

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Canna patens
• Patens (disambiguation)
• Canna indica
• List of Canna species
• McKee Botanical Garden
• List of plants in the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens
• 1926 in paleontology