Thalia geniculata

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

{{Other uses|Arrowroot (disambiguation)}}

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| image = Thalia geniculata.JPG

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Ghogue, J.-P. |date=2020 |title=Thalia geniculata |volume=2020 |page=e.T58087826A58087830 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T58087826A58087830.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Thalia

| species = geniculata

| authority = L., Sp. Pl., 2: 1193, 1753

| synonyms = * Maranta arundinacea Billb. ex Beurl. nom. illeg.

• Maranta flexuosa C.Presl
• Maranta geniculata (L.) Lam.
• Renealmia erecta (Vell.) D.Dietr. nom. illeg.
• Renealmia geniculata (L.) D.Dietr.
• Thalia altissima Klotzsch. nom. inval.
• Thalia angustifolia C.Wright ex Griseb.
• Thalia caerulea Ridl.
• Thalia dipetala Gagnep.
• Thalia divaricata Chapm.
• Thalia erecta Vell.
• Thalia schumanniana De Wild.
• Thalia trichocalyx Gagnep.
• Thalia welwitschii Ridl.

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-268132|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species}}

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Thalia geniculata, the bent alligator-flag,{{PLANTS|id=THGE2|taxon=Thalia geniculata|accessdate=9 December 2015}} arrowroot,{{GRIN | accessdate = 14 January 2018}} or fire-flag, is a plant species widespread across tropical Africa and much of the Americas.

Thalia geniculata is native to a large region in Africa, from Senegal in the west to Sudan in the east, south to Zimbabwe and Angola. It is also considered native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, most of South America, as well as the southeastern United States (Puerto Rico, Florida, Louisiana, Alabama and southern Georgia).[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Thalia%20geniculata.png Biota of North America Program, map, Thalia geniculata]