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Accession Data:

Ctenanthe setosa (Roscoe) Eichler

  • Common Name: Music Paper
  • Family: Marantaceae Peterson

  • Country of Origin: Brazil

  • Description: Underside of leaves iridescent red
  • USDA Zone: 8b-9a

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500036
  • Source:
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1969
  • Bench: 1105 - AFR:Ground Bed 1 NW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-26-2025

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
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

References (internal):

  • Iridescent Plants
  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil South

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Sunday, March 10, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Sunday, March 10, 2019.

data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:30:02 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Ctenanthe setosa

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  • Donax canniformis W/C
  • Goeppertia bella
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  • Goeppertia makoyana
  • Goeppertia marantifolia
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  • Maranta cristata W/C
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  • Marantochloa purpurea
  • Marantochloa 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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