Calathea elegans

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Calathea elegans
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Calathea
Species:C. elegans
Binomial name
Calathea elegans
H. Kenn. 1978 [1]
Synonyms

Goeppertia elegans (H.Kenn.) Borchs. & S.Suárez (2012) [2]

Calathea elegans is a plant species belonging to the family Marantaceae found in Colombia and Panama.

Marantaceae family of plants

The Marantaceae are a family, the arrowroot family, of flowering plants known for its large starchy rhizomes. It is sometimes called the prayer-plant family. Combined morphological and DNA phylogenetic analyses indicate the family originated in Africa, although this is not the center of its extant diversity.

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References

  1. Calathea elegans and C. spiralis-new Panamanian Marantaceae. H Kennedy, Botaniska Notiser, 1978, 131(3), pages 349–350 (article at herbarium.duke.edu, retrieved 21 July 2016)
  2. Borchs. & S.Suárez, Syst. Bot. 37: 630 (2012).