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Accession Data:

Calathea aff. micans (L.Mathieu) Körn.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Marantaceae Peterson

  • Country of Origin: Mexico to S. Trop. America

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900132
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#1994826
  • Provenance:
    Collector# 5486
    Madison, Michael T., Plowman, T. C., Besse, E.
    Ecuador: Napo: Limon Cocha
    
    C. baraquinii - probably a variety of C. micans ? DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MICANS
    
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 1112 - AFR: Cola
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-21-2023

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

References (internal):

  • Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Gulf / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil North

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1.Last accessed on Tuesday, 07 May, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019) (as Goeppertia micans). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, 07 May, 2019.

data regenerated on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:56:28 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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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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