Maranta

Article summary

Maranta can refer to: *The Marantaceae family of "prayer plants", including arrowroot *Maranta (plant), a genus within that family Maranta as a personal name may refer to: *In author citation (botany), Maranta is Bartolomeo Maranta, the 16th century botanist for whom the Marantaceae are named and also a literary theorist *Barry Maranta, Australian sports administrator *Lachlan Maranta (born 1992), Australian Rugby League player, Grandson of Barry Maranta *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

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1992 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1210355710