Ctenanthe oppenheimiana

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Marantaceae
Genus: Ctenanthe
Species: C. 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. 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. The leaves are adorned on the secondary veins with dark green bands, which meet and merge in the margins. In between are cream coloured bands. The undersides of the leaves have a red-ish colour.[2][3][4] The cultivar ‘Tricolor’ is a common ornamental variety, which as a houseplant in the UK has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[5] (confirmed 2017).[6] This cultivar is visually very similar to Stromanthe Sanguinea 'Triostar', and the two are often confused. The difference between the two lies in the lack of regular banding on the leaves of the Sromanthe, and the generally more rounded shape of the leaves in Ctenanthe.[7]
Synonyms

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

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Ctenanthe oppenheimiana
Brickell, Christopher, ed. (2008). The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 302. ISBN 9781405332965.
Schumann, Karl Moritz. 1902. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 48(Heft 11): 155–156, Ctenanthe oppenheimiana
Morren, Charles Jacques Édouard. 1875. La Belgique Horticole 1875: 271, t. 15–17, f. 3, Calathea oppenheimiana
"RHS Plantfinder - Clenante oppenheimiana 'Tricolor'". Retrieved 12 January 2018.
"AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 26. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
"Which one is it? Stromanthe Triostar or Ctenanthe Tricolour?". lovethatleaf. Retrieved 2021-07-11.