Myanmaranthus
| Myanmaranthus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: | Nob.Tanaka, Suksathan & K.Armstr. |
| Species: | M. roseiflorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Myanmaranthus roseiflorus Nob.Tanaka & K.Armstr.
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Myanmaranthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae. It includes a single species, Myanmaranthus roseiflorus, which endemic to Myanmar and known only from a single location in Kachin State. It is an herbaceous plant up to 2.5 meters tall which grows from a rhizome, with pink flowers.[1]
The plant was collected in the buffer zone of Hkakaborazi National Park, growing in a disturbed roadside area through primary subtropical moist evergreen forest at 568 metres elevation.[1]
The genus and species were described in 2022.[2] Myanmaranthus is most closely related to genus Phrynium, but differs in having a rosulate habit, a loose paniculate inflorescence arising from the rhizome, an absence of interphylls and bracteoles, and fertile bracts that each hold a single pink flower.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Tanaka, N.; Ohi-Toma, T.; Suksathan, P.; Aung, M.; Poulsen, A.; Mohamad, S.; Armstrong, K. (2022). Myanmaranthus roseiflorus, a New Genus and Species of Marantaceae from Myanmar. Journal of Japanese Botany. 97(4): 187-196.
- ^ "Myanmaranthus roseiflorus Nob.Tanaka & K.Armstr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 August 2025.