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Accession Data:

Ctenanthe burle-marxii H.Kennedy

  • Common Name: Fishbone Prayer Plant
  • Family: Marantaceae Peterson

  • Country of Origin: Brazil (Espirito Santo)

  • Description: [syn Calathea burle-marxii]
  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500014
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 3112 - FERN:Hydnophytum
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 01-29-2019

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Marantaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012

References (internal):

  • Plants used in EEB 2244 - General Ecology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil Southeast

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.
  2. WCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.
  3. Images #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Mark Pellegrini (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 29 Jan 2019 09:18:01 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Ctenanthe burle-marxii

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Current Accessions in the Marantaceae

  • Ctenanthe burle-marxii
  • Ctenanthe burle-marxii var. burle-marxii
  • Ctenanthe compressa
  • Ctenanthe setosa
  • Goeppertia bella
  • Goeppertia louisae
  • Goeppertia makoyana
  • Goeppertia marantifolia
  • Goeppertia zebrina
  • Maranta leuconeura
  • Marantachloa leucantha
  • Thalia geniculata
  • Thaumatococcus daniellii
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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