Calathea ornata

Calathea ornata (also called variously striped, pin-stripe, or pin-stripe calathea) is a species of perennial plant in the family known as the prayer plants. It is native to South America (Colombia, Venezuela), and is cultivated in temperate countries as a houseplant.[1]

Pin-stripe prayerplant
Calathea ornata in the Andromeda Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Calathea
Species:
C. ornata
Binomial name
Calathea ornata
Synonyms[1][3]
  • Calathea arrecta Lindl. & André
  • Maranta albolineata (Körn.) Regel
  • Maranta coriifolia Regel, Gartenflora 28: 295 (1879).
  • Maranta ornata Linden ex Lem.
    (basionym)
  • Maranta regalis hort. ex Lem.
  • Maranta roseolineata (Körn.) Linden
  • Phrynium ornatum (Linden) K.Koch
  • Phyllodes arrecta (Lindl. & André
  • Phyllodes ornata (Linden) Kuntze

References
  1. Gartenflora 17: 87. 1858 "Calathea ornata". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved March 26, 2010.
  2. Gartenflora, "Plant Name Details for Calathea ornata". IPNI. Retrieved March 26, 2010. Nomenclatural synonym = Maranta ornata Lem. (Published in: Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe 4: t. 413. 1848.)
  3. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".


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