Ctenanthe is a genus of the family Marantaceae with 15 accepted species. They are found in tropical regions, in South America.
Listed bellow are the varieties that are being cultivated around the world.
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- Ctenanthe amabilis
- Ctenanthe compressa
- Ctenanthe burle-marxii
- Ctenanthe burle-marxii var. obscura
- Ctenanthe lubbersiana
- Ctenanthe marantifolia
- Ctenanthe oppenheimiana
- Ctenanthe marantifolia ‘Golden Mosaic’
- Ctenanthe oppenheimiana ‘Amagris’
- Ctenanthe oppenheimiana ‘Greystar’
- Ctenanthe ‘Tricolor’
- Ctenanthe (no id yet)
Ctenanthe species
Ctenanthe amabilis
Described by: Charles Jacques Édouard Morren, Helen Kennedy and Dan Henry Nicolson (1987)
Native to: Brazil
Photo by Marco Lacerda (e-jardim.com, Brazil)
Ctenanthe compressa
Described by: Albert Gottfried Dietrich, August Wilhelm Eichler (1884)
Native to: Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela
Photo by black_house_creative_
Ctenanthe burle-marxii
Trade names: Ctenanthe burle-marxii ‘Amabilis’, Ctenanthe ‘Amabilis’, Ctenanthe amabilis, Calathea burle-marxii
Common names: fishbone prayer plant
Described by: Helen Kennedy (1982)
Native to: Brazil
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Ctenanthe burle-marxii var. obscura
Described by: Helen Kennedy (1982)
Native to: Brazil
Photo by ms._forest_
Ctenanthe lubbersiana
Described by: August Wilhelm Eichler (1890)
Native to: Brazil
Photo by kebun_abim
Ctenanthe marantifolia
Synonyms: Ctenanthe pilosa
Described by: August W. Eichler
Native to: Brazil
Cultivars: ‘Golden Mosaic’
Photo by kebun_boonlop
Ctenanthe oppenheimiana
Trade names: Ctenanthe ‘Compactstar’
Described by: Charles Jacques Édouard Morren, Karl Moritz Schumann (1902)
Native to: Brazil
Cultivars: Amagris, ‘Greystar’
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Ctenanthe cultivars and hybrids
Ctenanthe marantifolia ‘Golden Mosaic’
Trade names: Ctenanthe ‘Golden Mosaic’, Ctenanthe variegata, Ctenanthe setosa ‘Golden Mosaic’, Ctenanthe lubbersiana ‘Golden Mosaic’, Ctenanthe pilosa ‘Golden Mosaic’
Photo by forstemsandleaves
Ctenanthe oppenheimiana ‘Amagris’
Trade names: Ctenanthe ‘Amagris’, Ctenanthe burle-marxii ‘Amagris’
Inventor: René Denis
Patent: USPP14641P2
This plant looks more like a burle-marxii cultivar but the patent paper claims it is a oppenheimiana cultivar
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Ctenanthe oppenheimiana ‘Greystar’
Trade names: Ctenanthe ‘Greystar’. Calathea ‘Greystar’
Photo by plants4love
Ctenanthe ‘Tricolor’
Trade names: Ctenanthe ‘Tricolor’
likely a cultivar of Ctenanthe (no id yet)
Photo by plantitangajoomma
Ctenanthe (no id yet)
Trade names: Ctenanthe
Photo by Thonne Lesch
Changelog
March 13 2021:
– Ctenanthe (no id yet) added.
March 11 2021:
– article is published.
Special thank you to Thonne Lesch from Calathea Kingdom and Marco Lacerda from e-jardim
