Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

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• Type: Canna indica L.

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Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1184, 1185 [secondary reference]

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Stanley, T.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Cannaceae. Flora of Australia 45: 38-39 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)

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Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 147 [secondary reference]

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