Ctenanthe oppenheimiana

Giant bamburanta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Clade:Commelinids
Order:Zingiberales
Family:Marantaceae
Genus:Ctenanthe
Species: C. oppenheimiana
Binomial name
Ctenanthe oppenheimiana
(E.Morr) K.Schum
Synonyms[1]
  • Calathea oppenheimiana E.Morren
  • Maranta herderiana Regel
  • Maranta oppenheimiana (E.Morren) Petersen
  • Phyllodes oppenheimiana (E.Morren) Kuntze

Ctenanthe oppenheimiana, the giant bamburanta or never never plant, is a species of flowering plant of family Marantaceae and is a native of Brazil.[2] It is an evergreen perennial. The cultivar ‘Tricolor’ is an ornamental variety, which as a houseplant in the UK has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[3] (confirmed 2017).[4] This plant can grow to more than 1 m (3.3 ft) tall and broad, with long narrow leaves up to 40 cm (16 in) in length. These are dark green, heavily and irregularly marked with cream stripes, and wine-red on the undersides (hence 'Tricolor').[5][6][7]

Tricolor variety

References

  1. ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Ctenanthe oppenheimiana
  2. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Ctenanthe oppenheimiana
  3. ↑ "RHS Plantfinder - Clenante oppenheimiana 'Tricolor'". Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 26. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Brickell, Christopher, ed. (2008). The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 302. ISBN 9781405332965.
  6. ↑ Schumann, Karl Moritz. 1902. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 48(Heft 11): 155–156, Ctenanthe oppenheimiana
  7. ↑ Morren, Charles Jacques Édouard. 1875. La Belgique Horticole 1875: 271, t. 15–17, f. 3, Calathea oppenheimiana


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