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Accession Data:

Calathea lancifolia Boom

  • Common Name: Rattlesnake Plant
  • Family: Marantaceae Peterson

  • Country of Origin: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900133
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#1999032
  • Provenance:
    Donor# 77-0162
    
    Brazil (Rio de Janeiro): 
    Received as: plant
    
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 1112 - AFR: Cola
    • 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

References (internal):

  • Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil Southeast

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, 02 May, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019) (as Goeppertia insignis). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, 02 May, 2019.
  3. Image #00 (cropped) and #01 (original) by Serenity [CC BY-SA]. Last accessed on Monday, 13 January, 2020.

data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:48:16 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Calathea lancifolia

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  • Ctenanthe compressa
  • Ctenanthe setosa
  • Donax canniformis W/C
  • Goeppertia bella
  • Goeppertia louisae
  • Goeppertia makoyana
  • Goeppertia marantifolia
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  • Hypselodelphys hirsuta
  • Indianthus virgatus
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  • Maranta cristata W/C
  • Maranta leuconeura
  • Marantochloa conferta
  • 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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