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Accession Data:

Ctenanthe burle-marxii H. Kenn.

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

  • Country of Origin: Brazil (Espírito Santo)

  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500018
  • Source: Peters
  • Provenance:
    Specimen verified and name corrected (was labelled Calathea stromata) by Helen Kennedy (UBC) on February 1, 2008.
    
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1103 - AFR:Ground Bed 1 NE
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 02-18-2023

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
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • 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, 29 January, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, 29 January, 2019.
  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, 21 Feb 2023 11:57:04 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Ctenanthe burle-marxii

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Current Accessions in the Marantaceae

  • Calathea aff. micans
  • Calathea lancifolia
  • Calathea metallica
  • Calathea variegata W/C
  • Ctenanthe burle-marxii
  • Ctenanthe compressa
  • Ctenanthe setosa
  • Donax canniformis W/C
  • Goeppertia bella
  • Goeppertia louisae
  • Goeppertia makoyana
  • Goeppertia marantifolia
  • Goeppertia zebrina
  • Hypselodelphys hirsuta
  • Indianthus virgatus
  • Maranta arundinacea W/C
  • Maranta cristata W/C
  • Maranta leuconeura
  • Marantochloa conferta
  • Marantochloa purpurea
  • Marantachloa leucantha
  • Megaphrynium macrostachyum
  • Phrynium imbricatum W/C
  • Pleiostachya pruinosa
  • Saranthe sp.
  • Sarcophrynium brachystachyum
  • Stachyphrynium spicatum W/C
  • Stachyphrynium latifolium W/C
  • Stachyphrynium sp. W/C
  • Stromanthe thalia
  • 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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