Ctenanthe oppenheimiana

Ctenanthe oppenheimiana, the giant bamburanta or never never plant, is a species of flowering plant of family Marantaceae and is a native of Brazil.[1] 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.[2] (confirmed 2017).[3] 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').[4][5][6]

Ctenanthe oppenheimiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Marantaceae
Genus:	Ctenanthe
Species:	C. oppenheimiana
Binomial name
Ctenanthe oppenheimiana (E.Morr) K.Schum

Synonyms

• Calathea oppenheimiana E.Morren
• Maranta herderiana Regel
• Maranta oppenheimiana (E.Morren) Petersen
• Phyllodes oppenheimiana (E.Morren) Kuntze

• 
  cv. ‘Tricolor’

References

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

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