Canna indica

Family:CANNACEAE
Species:Canna indica Linnaeus
Common Name:Indian Shot
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
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Category:Vascular
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Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native, OBL (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyCANNACEAE - Canna family
Genus Canna
Species Canna indica Linnaeus - Indian Shot

Citation

Citation CANNA INDICA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data, Herb. van Royen s.n. (lectotype: L 912.356-390). Lectotypified by Maas, in C. E. Jarvis et al., Regnum Veg. 127: 29. 1993.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Canna achiras Canna achiras Gillies, Edwards's Bot. Reg. 16: t. 1358. 1830.  
Canna aurantiaca Canna aurantiaca Roscoe, Monandr. Pl. Scitam. t. 21. 1826.  
Canna aureovittata Canna aureovittata Loddiges, Bot. Cab. 5: t. 449. 1821.  
Canna bidentata Canna bidentata Bertoloni, Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 10: 33, t. 5. 1859.  
Canna carnea Canna carnea Roscoe, Monandr. Pl. Scitam. t. 15. 1826.  
Canna cearensis Canna cearensis Huber, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2. 1: 297. 1901. BRAZIL
Canna chinensis Canna chinensis Willdenow, Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 2: 170. 1808. CHINA
Canna cinnabarina Canna cinnabarina Bouché, Linnaea 18: 490. 1845 ("1844").  
Canna coccinea Canna coccinea Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 1. 1821, non Miller 1768.  
Canna coccinea Canna coccinea Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768. "America and Brazil", cult. in England, Miller (?) s.n. (holotype: BM).
Canna coccinea var. bicolor Canna coccinea Miller, var. bicolor Kraenzlin, in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4(Heft 56): 61. 1912, nom. illegit.Canna indica Linnaeus, var. edwarsii Regel 1866. 
Canna coccinea var. sylvestris Canna coccinea Miller, var. sylvestris (Roscoe) Regel, Index Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1866: 85. 1866.Canna sylvestris Roscoe 1827. 
Canna commutata Canna commutata Bouché, Linnaea 8: 147. 1833.  
Canna compacta Canna compacta Roscoe, Monandr. Pl. Scitam. t. 22. 1824.  
Canna crocea Canna crocea Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 1: 11. 1817.  
Canna crocea Canna crocea Lagasca y Segura ex Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Exot. 2: ix, 19, t. 148. 1828, non Roemer & Schultes 1817.  
Canna densifolia Canna densifolia Bouché, Linnaea 18: 489. 1845 ("1844").  
Canna discolor Canna discolor Lindley, Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1231. 1829.  
Canna edulis Canna edulis Ker Gawler, Bot. Reg. 9: t. 775. 1824. PERU: Cult. in England (holotype: Ker-Gawler, Bot. Reg. 9: t. 775. 1824).
Canna ehrenbergii Canna ehrenbergii Bouché, Linnaea 8: 150. 1833.  
Canna elegans Canna elegans Rafinesque, Fl. Ludov. 143. 1817.  
Canna ellipticifolia Canna ellipticifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 2. 1812, nom. illegit..Canna indica Linnaeus 1753. 
Canna esculenta Canna esculenta Loddiges ex Loudon, Hort. Brit. 1. 1830.  
Canna exigua Canna exigua Bouché, Linnaea 18: 490. 1845 ("1844").  
Canna flavescens Canna flavescens Link, Handbuch 1: 226. 1829.Canna orientalis Roscoe, var. flava Roscoe 1826 
Canna floribunda Canna floribunda Bouché, Linnaea 18: 489. 1845 ("1844").  
Canna formosa Canna formosa Bouché, Linnaea 18: 491. 1845 ("1844").  
Canna fulgida Canna fulgida Bouché, Linnaea 18: 490. 1845 ("1844").  
Canna fulgida Canna fulgida Bouche, Linnaea 18: 490. 1845 ("1844"). ST. BARTHOLEMEY: Without data, Cult. at Berlin (holotype: B (destroyed)).
Canna heliconiifolia Canna heliconiifolia Bouché, Linnaea 8: 164. 1833.  
Canna heliconiifolia var. xalapensis Canna heliconiifolia Bouché, var. xalapensis (Bouché) Kraenzlin, in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4(Heft 56): 67. 1912.Canna xalapensis Bouché 1833. 
Canna humilis Canna humilis Bouché, Linnaea 8: 153. 1833.  
Canna indica var. nepalensis Canna indica Linnaeus, var. nepalensis (Bouché) Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 261. 1892.Canna nepalensis Bouché 1833. 
Canna indica var. rubra Canna indica Linnaeus, var. rubra Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1: 1. 1789, nom. inadmiss.Canna indica Linnaeus 1753. 
Canna indica var. coccinea Canna indica Linnaeus, var. coccinea (Miller) Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1: 1. 1789.Canna coccinea Miller 1768. 
Canna indica var. edwarsii Canna indica Linnaeus, var. edwarsii Regel, Index Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1866: 83. 1866.  
Canna indica var. limbata Canna indica Linnaeus, var. limbata (Roscoe) Petersen, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 3(3): 68. 1890.Canna limbata Roscoe 1824. 
Canna indica var. maculata Canna indica Linnaeus, var. maculata Hooker, Exot. Fl. 1: t. 53. 1823.  
Canna indica var. patens Canna indica Linnaeus, var. patens Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1: 1. 1789.  
Canna indica var. speciosa Canna indica Linnaeus, var. speciosa (Roscoe ex Sims) Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 261. 1892.Canna speciosa Roscoe ex Sims 1822. 
Canna laeta Canna laeta Bouché, Linnaea 18: 489. 1845 ("1844").  
Canna lagunensis Canna lagunensis Lindley, Edwards's Bot. Reg. 16: t. 1311. 1830. MEXICO: "Laguna", cult. in England (holotype: Lindley, Bot. Reg. 16: t. 1311. 1830.
Canna lambertii Canna lambertii Lindley, Bot. Reg. 6: t. 470. 1820. TRINIDAD: Cult. in England (holotype: Lindley, Bot. Reg. 6: t. 470. 1820).
Canna lanuginosa Canna lanuginosa Roscoe, Monandr. Pl. Scitam. t. 16. 1827.  
Canna leptochila Canna leptochila Bouché, Linnaea 8: 152. 1833.  
Canna limbata Canna limbata Roscoe, Bot. Reg. 9: t. 771. 1824.  
Canna lutea Canna lutea Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.  
Canna lutea var. pallida Canna lutea Miller, var. pallida (Roscoe) Regel, Index Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1866: 87. 1866.Canna pallida Roscoe 1824. 
Canna lutea var. aurantiaca Canna lutea Miller, var. aurantiaca Kraenzlin, in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4(Heft 56): 40. 1912, non (Roscoe) Regel 1866.  
Canna lutea var. aurantiaca Canna lutea Miller, var. aurantiaca (Roscoe) Regel, Index Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1866: 87. 1866.Canna aurantiaca Roscoe 1826. 
Canna lutea var. genuina Canna lutea Miller, var. genuina Kraenzlin, in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4(Heft 56): 40. 1912, nom. inadmiss.Canna lutea Miller 1768.  
Canna maculata Canna maculata Link, Handbuch 1: 227. 1829.  
Canna montana Canna montana Blume, Enum. Pl. Jav. 35. 1830. INDONESIA: Java:
Canna moritziana Canna moritziana Bouché, Linnaea 18: 492. 1845 ("1844"). VENEZUELA
Canna nepalensis Canna nepalensis Bouché, Linnaea 8: 158. 1833. NEPAL
Canna occidentalis Canna occidentalis Roscoe, Bot. Reg. 9: t. 772. 1824. West Indies (?), without data (holotype: Roscoe, Bot. Reg. 9: t. 772. 1824).
Canna orientalis Canna orientalis Roscoe, Monandr. Pl. Scitam. t. 12. 1826.  
Canna orientalis var. flava Canna orientalis Roscoe, var. flava Roscoe, Monandr. Pl. Scitam. t. 13. 1826.  
Canna pallida Canna pallida Roscoe, Monandr. Pl. Scitam. t. 19. 1824. BARBADOS: Cult. at Liverpool, Roscoe (?) s.n. (holotype: K).
Canna patens Canna patens (Aiton) Roscoe, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 338. 1807.Canna indica Linnaeus, var. patens Aiton 1789. 
Canna patens Canna patens Hooker, Exot. Fl. t. 228. 1827, non (Aiton) Roscoe 1807.  
Canna patens var. limbata Canna patens (Aiton) Roscoe, var. limbata (Roscoe) Baker, Gard. Chron., ser. 3. 1: 43. 1893.Canna limbata Roscoe 1824. 
Canna poeppigii Canna poeppigii Bouché, Linnaea 12: 143. 1838.  
Canna polyclada Canna polyclada Wawra, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 13: 7. 1863. BRAZIL
Canna polymorpha Canna polymorpha Loddiges ex Loudon, Hort. Brit. 25. 1830; Bouché, Linnaea 8: 151. 1833.  
Canna portoricensis Canna portoricensis Bouché, Linnaea 12: 147. 1838. PUERTO RICO: Without data, Moritz s.n. (holotype: B(destr.); isotype: L?).
Canna pruinosa Canna pruinosa Hoffmannsegg, Verz. Pfl.-Kult., Nachtr. 2: 79. 1828.  
Canna pulchra Canna pulchra Hasskarl, Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. 52. 1844; Pl. Jav. Rar. 140. 1848. INDONESIA: Java:
Canna pulchra Canna pulchra Bouché ex Horaninow, Prodr. Monogr. Scitam. 16. 1862, non Hasskarl 1844.  
Canna recurvata Canna recurvata Bouché, Linnaea 18: 488. 1845 ("1844").  
Canna roscoeana Canna roscoeana Bouche, Linnaea 8: 146. 1833.Canna indica Linnaeus, var. maculata Hooker 1823. 
Canna rotundifolia Canna rotundifolia André, Rev. Hort. 1862: 371. 1862.  
Canna rubra Canna rubra Willdenow, Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 2: 169. 1808.  
Canna rubricaulis Canna rubricaulis Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 1. 1821.  
Canna saturate-rubra Canna saturate-rubra Bouché ex K. Koch, Allg. Gartenzeitung 1858: 386. 1858.  
Canna seleriana Canna seleriana Kraenzlin, in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4(Heft 56): 56. 1912. MEXICO: Chiapas: Between San Martín and Ocozingo, s.d., Seler 2209 (holotype: B?).
Canna sellowii Canna sellowii Bouché, Linnaea 8: 162. 1833. BRAZIL
Canna speciosa Canna speciosa Roscoe ex Sims, Bot. Mag. 49: t. 2317. 1822.  
Canna spectabilis Canna spectabilis Bouche, Linnaea 18: 487. 1845 ("1844").  
Canna surinamensis Canna surinamensis Bouche, Linnaea 18: 491. 1845 ("1844"). SURINAM
Canna sylvestris Canna sylvestris Roscoe, Monandr. Pl. Scitam. t. 10. 1827. Without data, Herb. Hookerianum M1818/72 42 (lectotype: K). Lectotypified by N. Tanaka, Makinoa, ser. 2. 1: 35. 2001.
Canna tenuiflora Canna tenuiflora Bouche, Linnaea 8: 150. 1833.  
Canna variabilis Canna variabilis Willdenow, Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 2: 169. 1808.  
Canna variegata Canna variegata Besser, Cat. Jard. Bot. Krzemieniec 25. 1810.  
Canna variegata Canna variegata Bouché, Linnaea 18: 488. 1845 ("1844"), non Besser 1810.  
Canna ventricosa Canna ventricosa Bouché, Linnaea 18: 488. 1845 ("1844").  
Canna warscewiczii Canna warscewiczii A. Dietrich, in Otto & A. Dietrich, Allg. Gartenzeitung 19: 290. 1851.  
Canna xalapensis Canna xalapensis Bouché, Linnaea 8: 163. 1833. MEXICO: Veracruz:
Cannacorus indicus Cannacorus indicus (Linnaeus) Medikus, Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6(Phys.): 379. 1790.Canna indica Linnaeus 1753. 
Cannacorus ovatus Cannacorus ovatus Moench, Methodus 526. 1794, nom. illegit.Canna indica Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Butler, Calhoun, Coffee, Escambia, Geneva, Jefferson

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, SAMF, TROY, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
ALNHS00004025 Calhoun 30 Aug 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2384
ALNHS
Canna indica L.
AUA_ACC_73243 Calhoun 26 Sep 2011 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13373
AUA
Canna Indica L.
AUA_ACC_58484 Escambia 28 Apr 1999 Searcy, Darryl
AUA
Canna Indica L.
TROY000036262 Butler 07 Nov 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23549
TROY
Canna indica Linnaeus
SAMF0001906 Jefferson 03 Jul 2014 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5629
SAMF
Canna indica L.
UWAL0010003 Calhoun 26 Sep 2011 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13373
UWAL
Canna indica L.
AMAL00013119 Calhoun 07 Oct 2013 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13873
AMAL
Canna indica L.
TROY000047533 Coffee 09 Nov 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28630
TROY
Canna indica Linnaeus
TROY000036265 Calhoun 26 Sep 2011 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13373
TROY
Canna indica Linnaeus
UWAL0019672 Calhoun 07 Oct 2013 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13873
UWAL
Canna indica L.
AMAL00019600 Calhoun 26 Sep 2011 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13373
AMAL
Canna indica L.
UWAL0039190 Coffee 09 Nov 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28630
UWAL
Canna indica Linnaeus
ALNHS00006464 Geneva 02 Aug 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4696
ALNHS
Canna indica L.
UWAL0016571 Calhoun 07 Oct 2013 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13873
UWAL
Canna indica L.
UWAL0016021 Butler 07 Nov 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23549
UWAL
Canna indica Linnaeus
AMAL00014366 Calhoun 07 Oct 2013 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13873
AMAL
Canna indica L.
AUA000042672 Escambia 20 Sep 2013 Pancake, Jr., Dale C.
S.N.
AUA
Canna Indica L.
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