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Accession Data:

Maranta cristata Nees & Mart.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Marantaceae Peterson
  • Synonym(s): Maranta bicolor Ker Gawl.

  • Country of Origin: E. Brazil

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900217
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#1994808
  • Provenance:
    Rcvd as Maranta bicolor Ker Gawl.
    
    Kress# ##-3724
    Plowman# 12861C
    Plowman, T.C.
    Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
    Mun Nitorci, Itapuacu, Morro de Alto Moirao
    18 Feb 1983
    
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 1309 - NEOA: Ground Bed 1 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-30-2025

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

References (internal):

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

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Last accessed on Sunday, 23 June, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Last accessed on Sunday, 23 June, 2019.
  3. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) (as Maranta bicolor) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.

data regenerated on Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:00:09 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Maranta cristata

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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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