Canna indica

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

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	CANNACEAE - Canna family
Genus	Canna
Species	Canna indica L. - Indian Shot

Citation

Citation	Canna indica Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 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.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
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

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
UWAL0016021	Butler	07 Nov 2012	Diamond, Alvin R. 23549	UWAL Canna indica Linnaeus
SAMF0001906	Jefferson	03 Jul 2014	Davenport, L.J. 5629	SAMF Canna indica L.
UWAL0016571	Calhoun	07 Oct 2013	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13873	UWAL Canna indica L.
UWAL0039190	Coffee	09 Nov 2018	Diamond, Alvin R. 28630	UWAL Canna indica Linnaeus
UWAL0010003	Calhoun	26 Sep 2011	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13373	UWAL Canna indica L.
ALNHS00006464	Geneva	02 Aug 2019	Barger, T. Wayne SP#4696	ALNHS Canna indica L.
TROY000036262	Butler	07 Nov 2012	Diamond, Alvin R. 23549	TROY Canna indica Linnaeus
AMAL00014366	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
AMAL00013119	Calhoun	07 Oct 2013	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13873	AMAL Canna indica L.
ALNHS00004025	Calhoun	30 Aug 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SP#2384	ALNHS Canna indica L.
AUA_ACC_58484	Escambia	28 Apr 1999	SEARCY, DARRYL	AUA CANNA INDICA L.
AMAL00019600	Calhoun	26 Sep 2011	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13373	AMAL Canna indica L.
AUA_ACC_73243	Calhoun	26 Sep 2011	SPAULDING, DANIEL D. 13373	AUA CANNA INDICA L.
UWAL0019672	Calhoun	07 Oct 2013	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13873	UWAL Canna indica L.
TROY000036265	Calhoun	26 Sep 2011	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13373	TROY Canna indica Linnaeus

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Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2025. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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