The Marantaceae are a family, the arrowroot family, or the prayer plant family, of flowering plants consisting of 31 genera and around 530 species, defining...

Calathea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Marantaceae. They are commonly called calatheas or (like their relatives) prayer plants...

(bird-of-paradise), Costaceae (spiral gingers), Cannaceae (canna lilies), Marantaceae (prayer plants), and Lowiaceae (Orchidantha). The APG II system (2003)...

resemble hands “in-prayer”), is a species of flowering plant in the family Marantaceae native to the Brazilian tropical forests. It is a variable, rhizomatous...

elegans (syn. Calathea elegans) is a plant species belonging to the family Marantaceae native to Colombia and Panama. It resembles Goeppertia cuneata. Borchs...

up to fourteen days, then turning it into a paste and wrapping it in marantaceae leaves for steaming. The cassava is first peeled, cut into small chunks...

Habana cigar, and pampano, is a species of flowering plant in the family Marantaceae. It is native to southern Mexico, Central America, southern Caribbean...

furry feather or velvet calathea, is a species of flowering plant in the Marantaceae family, native to Bahia state of northeastern Brazil. The plant's common...

Goeppertia burle-marxii is a species of plant in the Marantaceae family native to Brazil. It is named after Roberto Burle Marx. Common names for Goeppertia...

lancifolia), the rattlesnake plant, is a species of flowering plant in the Marantaceae family, native to Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil. It is an evergreen...

Maranta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae, native to tropical Central and South America and the West Indies. Maranta was named...

Calathea warscewiczii) is a species of perennial, herbaceous plant in the Marantaceae family, endemic to Costa Rica and Nicaragua. It grows up to 0.5 to 1...

Stromanthe sanguinea is a plant species in the arrowroot family Marantaceae, native to the Brazilian rainforest. It is a common houseplant in temperate...

is a species of plant belonging to the genus Goeppertia in the family Marantaceae, native to Espírito Santo state of eastern Brazil. It has gained the...

(sage), thyme and peppermint. It is also found in plants in the family Marantaceae (monocotyledons in the order Zingiberales) such as species in the genera...

species of flowering plant in the arrowroot and prayer-plant family Marantaceae, native to northwestern Brazil's Amazonian basin. Oftentimes, it is marketed...

Goeppertia zebrina, the zebra plant, is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae, native to southeastern Brazil. It is sometimes known by the synonym...

Zingiberales Strelitziaceae Lowiaceae Heliconiaceae Musaceae Cannaceae Marantaceae Costaceae Zingiberaceae Poales Typhaceae Bromeliaceae Rapateaceae Xyridaceae...

Goeppertia elliptica is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae. It is native to Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and parts...

Stromanthe is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae, native to the tropical portions of the Americas from Mexico to Trinidad to northern...

suddenly and violently, flinging the seeds metres from the maternal plant. Marantaceae Minnieroot (Ruellia tuberosa) Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) stamens...

Goeppertia cylindrica is a species of plant in the Marantaceae family. It is native to eastern and central Brazil. Goeppertia cylindrica is closely related...

architect Roberto Burle Marx. Similar to other plants in the family Marantaceae, it also has a propensity to close up its leaves at night, which is why...

plant or rattle shaker, is a species of flowering plant in the family Marantaceae. It is native to central and southern Mexico, Central America, and tropical...

Zingiberales Strelitziaceae Lowiaceae Heliconiaceae Musaceae Cannaceae Marantaceae Costaceae Zingiberaceae Poales Typhaceae Bromeliaceae Rapateaceae Xyridaceae...

Goeppertia sanderiana is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae. Its native range is northern Peru, and it has been introduced to El Salvador and...

Zingiberales Strelitziaceae Lowiaceae Heliconiaceae Musaceae Cannaceae Marantaceae Costaceae Zingiberaceae Poales Typhaceae Bromeliaceae Rapateaceae Xyridaceae...

Thalia is a genus of flowering plants in the Marantaceae (prayer plant and arrowroot) family found mainly in aquatic, marshy and riparian zones in Eastern...

Ctenanthe is a genus of flowering plants of the family Marantaceae described as a genus in 1884. They are evergreen perennials, native to Central and...

Goeppertia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae, native to the New World Tropics. It contains 243 accepted species, many of which...