Maranta can refer to:
*The
Marantaceae
The Marantaceae are a family, the arrowroot family, or the prayer plant family, of flowering plants consisting of 31 genera and around 530 species, defining it as one of the most species-rich families in its order. Kennedy, H. (2000). “Diversif ...
family of "prayer plants", including arrowroot
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''Maranta'' (plant), a genus within that family
Maranta as a personal name may refer to:
*In
author citation (botany)
In botanical nomenclature, author citation is the way of citing the person or group of people who validly published a botanical name, i.e. who first published the name while fulfilling the formal requirements as specified by the ''International Cod ...
, Maranta is
Bartolomeo Maranta, the 16th century botanist for whom the Marantaceae are named and also a literary theorist
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Barry Maranta, Australian sports administrator
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Lachlan Maranta (born 1992), Australian Rugby League player, Grandson of Barry Maranta
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Edgar Aristide Maranta (1897–1975), Swiss-born archbishop of Zanzibar
*Maranta, a character in the Dragonlance series; see
List of minor Dragonlance characters#Kang's Regiment
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