Biology:Calathea picturata
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Calathea picturata | |
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| Calathea picturata 'Argentea' | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: | Calathea |
| Species: | C. picturata
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| Binomial name | |
| Calathea picturata K.Koch & Linden
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Calathea picturata is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae, native to northwest Brazil.[2] It is a clump-forming evergreen perennial growing to 35–40 cm (14–16 in). The leaves are dark green above, purple below, marked heavily with silver along the veins and midriff. It is tender, with a minimum temperature of 16 °C (61 °F) required, and in temperate areas is cultivated indoors as a houseplant.[3]
Under the synonym Goeppertia picturata the cultivar 'Argentea', with silver leaves edged in green, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Calathea picturata K.Koch & Linden, The Plant List, http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-223187
- ↑ Karl Heinrich Emil Koch & Jean Jules Linden. 1863. Wochenscrift des Vereines zur Befördung des Gärtenbaues in den Königlichen Preussischen Staaten für Gärtnerei und Pflanzenkunde 6(44): 346, Calathea picturata
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Goeppertia picturata 'Argentea'". Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/357228/Goeppertia-picturata-Argentea/Details. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 43. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q2933628 entry
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