Marantaceae

Diversité décrite (Catalogue of Life)

Statut de conservation IUCN (parmi les espèces évaluées)

• VU
  11 (34.4%)
• EN
  10 (31.3%)
• NT
  6 (18.8%)
• LC
  3 (9.4%)
• CR
  2 (6.3%)

Distribution biogéographique

• Brazil (Espírito Santo)1 esp.
• Costa Ricanative1 esp.
• Distribution and habitat: — Saranthe rufopilosa is only known from Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil. The species occurs within the private protected area Reserva Natural Vale (Fig. 3), a lowland area of Tableland Forest. The habitat is plane and with an open understory, where the species can be seen in open and shaded spots.1 esp.
• Distribution, Ecology, and Phenology: — Goeppertia albobracteata is endemic to Brazil and restricted to the municipalities of Caucaia, Guaramiranga, Itapipoca, Maranguape, Mulungu, Ubajara, and Viçosa do Ceará, in Ceará State (Fig. 3). It grows in humid, sandy and clayey soils associated with the BAF and nebular tropical rainforests, at elevations ranging from 600 – 820 m. It was recorded with flowers from March to June and with fruits in March.1 esp.
• Distribution, habitat, phenology, and ecological notes: — Goeppertia siqueirana is found in lowland to submontane forests, at elevations up to 400 m, in the states of Bahia and Espirito Santo, Brazil (Fig. 2). This newly described species typically occurs in populations where individuals are spaced apart. It prefers habitats with sandy or clayey soils. It flowers from October to May; fruits observed in December. Goeppertia siqueirana exhibits significant variation in leaf color and size, apparently influenced by soil type. Individuals living in clayey soils were observed to typically have reddish young leaves that may mature to pinkish or purplish adaxially, with a wider leaf shape and a length / width ratio of approximately 3: 1 (Fig. 3 A). In contrast, individuals in sandy soils within lowland forest formations of Espírito Santo (“ Floresta de Tabuleiro ”) or Bahia generally were observed displaying entirely green leaves, sometimes with a greyish-green underside, narrower in shape with a length / width ratio ranging from 4: 1 to 7: 1 (Fig. 3 B). This variability was observed also in spathe coloration, where plants in sandy soils produce green or pinkish-white spathes (Fig. 3 C), while those in clayish soils tend towards darker shades of brownish or reddish-green (Fig. 3 D). It is not known if the different patterns observed are correlated to soil type, luminosity, or any edaphic variation. Synflorescences of G. siqueirana bear one to several flowers simultaneously (Fig. 3 D−F), sometimes with mirrored flowers on a cymule (Fig. 3 F) where one flower opens a day after the other. The flowers are effuse and white, opening in the early morning hours and lasting for two days (pers. obs.). Three ant species were frequently observed on inflorescences of almost all individuals (Fig. 3 E), sometimes completely covering the spathes. This association is reminiscent of similar observations in G. ovandensis (Matuda 1951: 333) Borchsenius & Suárez (2012: 633) (Horvitz & Schemske 1984), indicating the presence of secretory tissues on the bracteoles, confirmed in G. siqueirana by Costa (2025). Further investigation may determine if this association represents ant guarding and whether it influences pollination dynamics and / or seed production in G. siqueirana.1 esp.
• Nicaraguanative1 esp.
• Panamanative1 esp.

Régions biogéographiques agrégées depuis Catalogue of Life Cross-References (distribution par espèce déclarative).

Profil de traits agrégé

• try_woodiness19 esp.
  non-woody19
• try_leaf_type19 esp.
  broadleaved19
• try_growth_form19 esp.
  herb19
• griis_is_invasive_somewhere18 esp.
  true18
• griis_isInvasive16 esp.
  Null13

  null2

  Invasive1
• griis_country_global_register_of_introduced_and_invasi16 esp.
  Alien11

  alien2

  introduced (alien, exotic, non-native, nonindigenous)2
• try_leaf_compoundness14 esp.
  simple14
• griis_country_protected_areas_-_global_register_of_int8 esp.
  Alien8
• fungalroot_name8 esp.
  1263.00à36395.00

  moy 26734.50
• try_leaf_phenology8 esp.
  evergreen8
• fungalroot_mycorrhiza_type8 esp.
  AM5

  non-mycorrhizal3
• fungalroot_source7 esp.
  __Gupta, N. I. B. H. A., & Das, P. (2001). Study on arbuscular mycorrhizal associations in ornamental plants���a survey.��Journal of Phytological Research,��14, 171-174.4

  10.13346/j.mycosystema.2001.03.006__Zhao Zhiwei, Li Xiwu, Wang Guohua, Cheng Lizhong, Sha Tao, Yang Ling, Ren Licheng. (2001). AM fungi in the tropical rain forest of Xishuangbanna.Mycosystema, 20(3):316-323.1

  10.1890/11-1749.1__Akhmetzhanova, A. A., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Onipchenko, V. G., Cornwell, W. K., Agafonov, V. A., Selivanov, I. A., & Cornelissen, J. H. (2012). A rediscovered treasure: mycorrhizal intensity database for 3000 vascular plant species across the former Soviet Union. Ecology, 93(3), 689-690.1

Traits agrégés sur les espèces du taxon (matview taxon_traits_best : WoRMS, FishBase, EBird, GBIF, EOL, TRY…).

Taxons enfants directs (31)

• Genre Afrocalathea1
• Genre Calathea62
• Genre Ctenanthe16
• Donax
• Goeppertia
• Genre Halopegia3
• Genre Haumania5
• Genre Hypselodelphys8
• Genre Indianthus1
• Genre Ischnosiphon39
• Genre Maranta62
• Genre Marantochloa22
• Genre Megaphrynium5
• Genre Monophyllanthe2
• Genre Monotagma41
• Genre Myanmaranthus1
• Genre Myrosma2
• Genre Phrynium41
• Genre Pleiostachya3
• unranked SH0093901.10FU1
• unranked SH0106004.10FU
• unranked SH0106006.10FU2
• Genre Sanblasia1
• Genre Saranthe13