Calathea

• Authority

  Mori, S. A., et al. 1997. Guide to the vascular plants of central French Guiana: Part 1. Pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and monocotyledons. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-422.

• Family

  Marantaceae

• Scientific Name

  Calathea

• Description

  Genus Description - Rosulate herbs, often rather robust. Juvenile foliage often with variegated leaf blades. Inflorescences with bracts usually densely clustered and spiralled or laxly arranged and then usually distichous. Flowers: corolla tube usually very long and narrow; outer staminode solitary; ovary with 3 fertile locules. Fruits usually 3-seeded.