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| Calathea lateralis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: | Calathea |
| Species: | C. lateralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Calathea lateralis (Ruiz & Pav.) Lindl. | |
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Calathea lateralis is a species of plant from the genus Calathea in the Marantaceae family. It is native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá and Peru.[1]
Description
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Calathea lateralis is a tall plant (around 2 to 4 meters when mature), with huge, ovale, matte green leaves, with green reddish thick petioles and a long pulvinus. The middle vein above the leaf is yellow. This species is a part of the plants in the genus that have a cluster of inflorescence directly emerging from the node of the cauline leaf, as opposed of usual Calathea which have a single inflorescence set on a lengthy peduncle. The bracts are usually green with orange tips, but can sometimes be intense orange and even dark red due to conditions. The flowers are similar to those of Calathea lutea, with purple (or sometimes yellow) petals and yellow staminodes.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Calathea lateralis (Ruiz & Pav.) Lindl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2026-06-21.
- ↑ Eichler, August Wilhelm; Endlicher, István László; Fenzl, Eduard; Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von; Mary, Benj.; Oldenburg, R.; Urban, Ignaz (1840). Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum :quas suis aliorumque botanicorum studiis descriptas et methodo naturali digestas partim icone illustratas /ediderunt Carolus Fridericus Philippus de Martius et Augustus Guilielmus Eichler ; iisque defunctis successor Ignatius Urban. Monachii et Lipsiae [Munich & Leipzig]: R. Oldenbourg. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.454.
- ↑ Vásquez Martínez, Rodolfo; Rojas Gonzáles, Rocío; Werff, Henk van Der (2010). Flora del Río Cenepa, Amazonas, Perú. Missouri Botanical Garden.
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