Canna
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| Canna | |
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| Canna hybrid flowers and foliage | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Cannaceae Juss.[1] |
| Genus: | Canna L. |
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19 classified species, see List of Canna species | |
An attractive plant in the ginger order Zingiberales with no close relatives outside its genus, Canna contains only one domesticated edible species, known as achira (C. discolor / C. edulis). It's a close relative of the common garden canna Canna indica.
Keenan has tried some homegrown achira tubers but the plants didn't do so great and they may have been harvested at the wrong time, because they were quite tough.
External links
References
- ↑ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x, retrieved 2010-12-10
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