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Accession Data:

Maranta leuconeura E. Morr.

  • Common Name: Prayer Plant, Ten Commandments
  • Family: Marantaceae Peterson

  • Country of Origin: Brazil

  • USDA Zone: 10b-11a

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500032
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 3110 - FERN:Dormant Aroids
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-22-2019

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
2011
2010

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil West-Central / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, March 28, 2017.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, March 28, 2017.

data regenerated on Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:15:05 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

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Current Accessions in the Marantaceae

  • Ctenanthe 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
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