Monotagma
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Authority
Mori, S. A., et al. 1997. Guide to the vascular plants of central French Guiana: Part 1. Pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and monocotyledons. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-422.
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Family
Marantaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Genus Description - Rosulate herbs. Leaf blades often with apex strongly displaced to one side. Inflorescences narrowly cylindrical in bud, the bracts distichous in bud, loosening at anthesis and spreading in comb-like fashion, the flowers subsessile, solitary between floral bracts. Flowers: corolla tube very long and narrow; outer staminode solitary; ovary with 1 fertile locule. Fruit 1-seeded.