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Genus: Calathea Life
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> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Zingiberales
> Family: Marantaceae
Four species cultivated.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Calathea leitzei
Native to Brazil. |
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Calathea musaica |
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Calathea ornata
Native from Ecuador to Guyana. |
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Calathea zebrina
Native to Brazil. |
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Publications
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Archer, C. 2003. Strelitziaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1212. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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