Donax canniformis

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Dona canni 100526-2120 sap.jpg

|genus = Donax (plant)

|parent_authority = Lour.

|species = canniformis

|authority = (G.Forst.) K.Schum.

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = *Ilythuria Raf.

• Actoplanes K.Schum.

}}

Donax is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/653200#page/19/mode/1up João de Loureiro. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis 1: 1, 11] It contains only one recognized species, Donax canniformis (G.Forst.) K.Schum, widespread from the Andaman Islands, Myanmar (Burma), southern China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Melanesia and Micronesia.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=241415 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Donax]