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Accession Data:

Canna jaegeriana Urb.

  • Common Name: Caribbean Canna
  • Family: Cannaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Hispaniola to Puerto Rico, NW. Venezuela to W. South America
  • Habitat: higher altitudes, up to 2000m

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201600001
  • Source: Chiltern 2016 - 236D
  • Accession Date: 01-08-2016
  • Bench: 1319 - NEOA: South Bench W
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-26-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Cannaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Dominican Republic / Haiti / Puerto Rico / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, January 28, 2016.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, January 28, 2016.

data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:21:14 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Cannaceae

  • Canna indica W/C
  • Canna liliiflora
  • Canna tuerckheimii W/C
  • Canna indica
  • Canna jaegeriana
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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