Calathea zebrina

Tags: Flowering Plant.

Calathea zebrina (zebra plant) is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae native to southeastern Brazil. It is an evergreen perennial growing to 1 m (3 ft 3 in). The long stalks to 30 cm (12 in) carry elliptical leaves 45 cm (18 in) or more long. The leaves are dark green above dark red below the spines veins and margins etched in lime green.

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binomial authority

John Sims (taxonomist)

class

Monocotyledon

division

Flowering plant

family

Marantaceae

genus

Calathea

kingdom

Plant

order

Commelinids, Zingiberales

synonym

* Calathea binotii Gentil, * Endocodon zebrina (Sims) Raf., * Goeppertia zebrina (Sims) Nees, * Maranta bicolor Vell. nom. illeg., * Maranta pulchella Linden ex K.Koch, * Maranta zebrina Sims, * Phrynium bicolor K.Koch, * Phrynium pulchellum Linden ex K.Koch, * Phrynium zebrinum (Sims) Roscoe, * Phyllodes zebrina (Sims) Kuntze