Myrosma is a genus of plants. Only one species is currently recognized: Myrosma cannifolia, the cannaleaf myrosma,[2] native to northern South America (Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana) as well as Trinidad and the Windward Islands. It is considered naturalized in Haiti, Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands.[1][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: | Myrosma L.f. |
| Species: | M. cannifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrosma cannifolia | |
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References
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Myrosma
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Myrosma cannifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ Carl von Linnaeus f. 1782. Supplementum Plantarum 8, 80.
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