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Maranta leuconeura var. erythroneura G.S.Bunting Maranta leuconeura , widely known as the prayer plant due to its daily sunlight-dependent movements (which are said to resemble hands “in-prayer”), is a species of flowering plant in the family Marantaceae native to the Brazilian tropical forests . [ 1 ]
Maranta leuconeura: prayer plant Bacterial diseases. Bacterial diseases; Common name: Scientific name: Plants affected: Pseudomonas leaf spot Pseudomonas sp. C
Maranta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae, native to tropical Central and South America and the West Indies. [2] [3] Maranta was named for Bartolomeo Maranta, an Italian physician and botanist of the sixteenth century.
Euphorbia leuconeura is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. [3] Its common name is Madagascar jewel. It is endemic to Madagascar where its natural habitat is forest undergrowth in rocky areas. It can grow to a height of 1.8 m (6 ft), as a branching small tree, and propagates by shooting its seeds several feet into the air.
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 it as one of the most species-rich families in its order.
Strychnos minor is a woody vine growing up to 12 m (39 ft) long and a stem diameter up to 7 cm (2.8 in). The leaves are simple and arranged in opposite pairs on the stems.
Aechmanthera tomentosa var. wallichii C.B.Clarke (1884) Aechmanthera wallichii Nees (1847), nom. superfl. Aechmanthera wallichii subvar. fomentaria Nees (1847) Aechmanthera wallichii var. gossypina (Wall.) Nees (1847) Aechmanthera wallichii f. leuconeura Nees (1847) Aechmanthera wallichii var. tomentosa (Nees) Nees (1847), nom. illeg.
In botanical nomenclature, variety (abbreviated var.; in Latin: varietas) is a taxonomic rank below that of species and subspecies, but above that of form. [1] As such, it gets a three-part infraspecific name. It is sometimes recommended that the subspecies rank should be used to recognize geographic distinctiveness, whereas the variety rank is ...