The herbaceous layer is composed principally of Marantaceae and Mapania spp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dja Faunal Reserve, Cameroon] Reference

The forest floor number is covered by a number of small palms (Eremospatha and Podococcus spp.) and by members of the Marantaceae and Zingiberaceae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Niger Delta swamp forests] Reference

A strong component of monocots in the Heliconiaceae, Zingiberaceae, and Marantaceae dominate parts of the understory, along with palms and epiphytes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Iquitos varzea] Reference

The understory is dominated by shrubs of Aphelandra micans, Besleria disgrega, Psycotria macrophylla, and Hoffmannia apodantha, together with large colonies of giant herbs such as Musaceae (Heliconia bihai, H. revoluta), Araceae (Dieffenbachia maculata), Marantaceae, and many ferns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cordillera La Costa montane forests] Reference

(Marantaceae) seeds by carnivorous ponerines (Formicidae) in a tropical rain forest.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Marantaceae should be prevented by these storms to assume their usual nocturnal position, just when nocturnal radiation was most to be feared.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference

Marantaceae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 33] Reference