Hylaeanthe

• 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.

• Family

  Marantaceae

• Scientific Name

  Hylaeanthe

• Description

  Genus Description - Rosulate herbs, usually medium-sized. Leaf blade conspicuously soft-textured; sheath flanks prematurely decaying to form a network of persistent fibers. Inflorescences with bracts placed on one side of rachis, the flower pairs ± distinctly pedunculate, at least in fruit. Flowers with moderately long and narrow corolla tube; outer staminodes paired; ovary with 1 fertile locule. Fruit 1-seeded.