M.M.P.N.D. - Sorting Canna names

MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Canna names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

Canna achiras Gillies -> Canna indica L.
Canna angustifolia L. -> Canna glauca L.
Canna cinnabarina Bouché -> Canna indica L.
Canna coccinea Mill. -> Canna indica L.
Canna compacta Roscoe -> Canna indica L.
Canna edulis Ker Gawl. s -> Canna indica L. A
Canna elegans Raf. -> Canna glauca L.
Canna esculenta Lodd. ex Loudon s -> Canna indica L. A
Canna excelsa Lodd. -> Canna paniculata Ruiz & Pav.
Canna flaccida Salisb.
Canna generalis L.H.Bailey
Canna glauca L.
Canna glauca L. var. rubrolutea Hook. -> Canna glauca L.
Canna humilis Bouché -> Canna indica L.
Canna hybrida hort. ex Backer -> Canna x generalis L.H.Bailey
Canna indica L. A
Canna indica L. var. limbata (Roscoe) Petersen -> Canna indica L.
Canna iridiflora Ruiz & Pav.
Canna latifolia Mill. -> Canna tuerckheimii Kraenzl.
Canna liliiflora Warsz. ex Planch.
Canna limbata Roscoe -> Canna indica L.
Canna lutea Mill. -> Canna indica L.
Canna lutea Mill. var. aurantiaca (Roscoe) Regel -> Canna indica L.
Canna lutea Mill. var. genuina Kraenzl. -> Canna indica L.
Canna mexicana A. Dietr. -> Canna glauca L.
Canna neglecta Steud.
Canna nepalensis Wall. -> Canna indica L.
Canna orchioides Bailey
Canna orientalis Roscoe -> Canna indica L.
Canna paniculata Ruiz & Pav.
Canna pertusa Urban
Canna rubricaulis Link -> Canna indica L.
Canna schlechtendaliana Bouché -> Canna glauca L.
Canna speciosa Roscoe -> Canna indica L.
Canna stricta Bouché -> Canna glauca L.
Canna sylvestris Roscoe
Canna tuerckheimii Kraenzl.
Canna variabilisWilld. -> Canna indica L.
Canna warszewiczii A.Dietr. -> Canna indica L.
Canna x generalis L.H.Bailey A
Canna x hortensis Guill. -> Canna x generalis L.H.Bailey
Canna x orchioides L.H.Bailey -> Canna x generalis L.H.Bailey

Notes

Canna flaccida Salisb.

CHINESE : 柔瓣美人蕉, 黃花美人蕉 (Taiwan).

ENGLISH : Panama canna.

Canna generalis L.H.Bailey

CHINESE : 大花美人蕉 Da hua mei ren jiao.

ENGLISH : Wild canna lily.

JAPANESE : ハナカンナ Hana kana, フレンチカンナ Furenchi kana.

Common names almost never differentiate between the original wild canna and the modern hybrids.

Canna glauca L.

SYNONYM(S) : Canna angustifolia L. , Canna elegans Raf., Canna glauca L. var. rubrolutea Hook., Canna mexicana A. Dietr., Canna schlechtendaliana Bouché, Canna stricta Bouché

CHINESE : 粉美人蕉 .

ENGLISH : Louisiana canna (USA), Narrow-leaved canna lily.

PORTUGUESE : Albará, Bananeira do mato.

SPANISH : Capacho manso (Colombia), Chisgua (Colombia), Maraca amarilla.

Canna indica L.

SYNONYM(S) : Canna achiras Gillies, Canna cinnabarina Bouché, Canna coccinea Mill., Canna compacta Roscoe, Canna edulis Ker Gawl., Canna esculenta Lodd. ex Loudon, Canna humilis Bouché, Canna indica L. var. limbata (Roscoe) Petersen, Canna limbata Roscoe, Canna lutea Mill., Canna lutea Mill. var. aurantiaca (Roscoe) Regel, Canna lutea Mill. var. genuina Kraenzl., Canna nepalensis Wall., Canna orientalis Roscoe, Canna rubricaulis Link, Canna speciosa Roscoe, Canna variabilis Willd., Canna warszewiczii A.Dietr.

ARABIC :    قنا   , قنا مأكول .

CHINESE : 蕉芋, 美人蕉 Mei ren jiao, 食用美人蕉     (Taiwan).

DUTCH : Indisch bloemriet.

ENGLISH :   African arrowroot, Canna lily,  Edible canna, English shot (South America), Indian shot, Purple arrowroot, Queensland arrowroot (Aust., South America), Sierra Leone arrowroot.

FRENCH : Balisier à chapelets (Caribbean islands), Balisier comestible, Balisier des Indes, Balisier jaune (Caribbean islands), Balisier rouge (Caribbean islands), Canna, Canna florifére, Canne d'Inde, Toloman (Caribbean islands), Tous-les-mois (Caribbean islands).

GERMAN : Westindisches Blumenrohr.

HAUSA : Bakalele (Nigeria), Bakare kare (Nigeria).

JAPANESE :   アカバナダンドク Akabana dan doku (as C. coccinea), ショクヨウカンナ Choukuyou kana (as C. edulis), カンナ . インディカ Kana indika.

NEPALESE :

Gaane sarvadaa (Gane sarvada).

PORTUGUESE : Albará, Araruta bastarda, Araruta de porco, Bananeirinha da India, Birú manso (Brazil).

RUSSIAN : Канна индийская Kanna indiiskaia.

SPANISH : Achira, Bandera de uriba (Colombia), Café cimarron (Panama), Caña comestible, Caña de la India, Capacho (Colombia), Chisgua (Colombia), Chumbima (Colombia), Maraca, Platanillo, Yuquilla.

THAI : พุทธรักษา Phut tharaksa (Central Thailand), พุทธรักษากินได้ .

VIETNAMESE : Cây dong riềng - lá (leaves), Cây dong riềng - thân lá, Củ dong giềng.

Canna indica L. 'Bronze'

ENGLISH : Bronze edible canna, South American canna.

VIETNAMESE : Awaiting feedback.

Canna indica L. 'Purpurea'

ENGLISH : Edible canna, Purple-leaved edible canna, Canna lily 'Purpurea', Indian shot 'Purpurea'.

VIETNAMESE : Củ chuối.

Canna indica L. 'Russian Red'

Could be a synonym of Canna indica L. 'Purpurea'

Canna indica L. var. flava Roxb.

CHINESE : 黄花美人蕉 Huang hua mei ren jiao.

May be a synonym of Canna indica L.

Canna indica L. var. orientalis Hook. f.

JAPANESE : ダンドク Dan doku.

Presumably a synonym of Canna orientalis Roscoe therefore of Canna indica L.

Canna iridiflora Ruiz & Pav.

ENGLISH : Peruvian canna.

Canna liliiflora Warsz. ex Planch.

ENGLISH : Bolivian canna, Canna lily.

Canna musifolia hort.

SYNONYM(S) : Canna 'Musafolia', Canna 'Musifolia'

ENGLISH : Banana canna, Banana-leaved canna.

Photograph at El Tropical Nursery, Belgium.

Canna musifolia hort. 'Rubrum'

SYNONYM(S) : Canna 'Musifolia Rubrum'

DUTCH : Roodbladige banana-canna.

ENGLISH : Banana canna.

Canna neglecta Steud.

ENGLISH : Broadleaf canna (USA), Broad-leaved canna..

Canna orchioides Bailey

CHINESE : 兰花美人蕉 Lan hua mei ren jiao.

JAPANESE : イタリアンカンナ Itarian kana.

Canna paniculata Ruiz & Pav.

SYNONYM(S) : Canna excelsa Lodd.

SPANISH : Achira cimarrona (Peru).

Canna pertusa Urban

SPANISH : Maraca montuna.

Canna sylvestris Roscoe

SPANISH : Maraca roja.

Canna tuerckheimii Kraenzl.

SYNONYM(S) : Canna latifolia Mill.

ENGLISH : Large-leaved canna lily.

Canna x generalis L.H.Bailey

SYNONYM(S) : Canna (Generalis Group), Canna hybrida hort. ex Backer, Canna x hortensis Guill., Canna x orchioides L.H.Bailey

CHINESE : 大花美人蕉 Da hua mei ren jiao.

ENGLISH : Canna lily, Common garden canna, Ornamental hybrid canna.

FRENCH : Balisier.

JAPANESE : ハナカンナ Hana kana, カンナ Kana,

PORTUGUESE : Bananeirinha de flor.

SPANISH : Bandera española, Chupa flor.

Canna x generalis L.H.Bailey 'Stuttgart'

ENGLISH : Stuttgart variegated canna, Green and white-leaved canna.

Photograph at Plant Delights Nursery Inc.

Canna x generalis L.H.Bailey 'Tropicanna Phasion'

ENGLISH : Tesselaar's canna 'Tropicanna Phasion', Variegated canna 'Phasion'.

FRENCH : Canna panaché 'Phasion'.

Photograph at El Tropical Nursery, Belgium.

HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Canna Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (M.M.P.N.D) - A Work in Progress. School of Agriculture and Food Systems. Faculty of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia.
< http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Canna.html > (2005).

REFERENCES
General Bibliography + REFERENCES
Online + REFERENCES
Specific & complementary

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Contributors to this page (Personal communication) : In progress.

Notes

Generally in most languages some names refer to the banana plant or plantain. This is because many varieties and cultivars have leaves looking like banana leaves. Canna has nothing to do with the genus Musa (the bananas).

Regarding the French name "Balisier". This name is mostly used for plants from the genus Heliconia (examples Balisier commun = Balisier du Brésil = Heliconia acuminata, Balisier des caraïbes = Balisier rouge = Heliconia caribea). It is therefore imperative to associate an epithet to it in order to differentiate between the two genera. Perhaps the most apt is the name "Balisier comestible" because Heliconia is not likely to be edible ... or is it ? Then again "Balisier rouge" is also applied to both Canna indica and Heliconia bihai.

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