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Maranta (plant)
''Maranta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Marantaceae, native plant, native to tropical Central and South America and the West Indies. ''Maranta'' was named for Bartolomeo Maranta, an Italian physician and botanist of the sixteenth century. About 40-50 species are currently recognized. They all have rhizomes and naturally form perennial plant, perennial clumps. The crowded oval, evergreen Leaf, leaves are undivided with sheathing Plant stem, stalks. The leaves are flat by day and folded up as the day comes to an end, hence the common name "prayer plant" which attaches to the genus and its species - notably ''M. leuconeura''. The flowers are small with three petals and two larger petal-like staminodes. Cultivation ''Maranta arundinacea'' is cultivated to produce the edible starch arrowroot. Some species such as ''Maranta leuconeura'' (prayer plant) and ''M. arundinacea'' are grown as houseplants in a warmish house or conservatory environment. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maranta Leuconeura
''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. It is a variable, rhizomatous perennial, growing to tall and broad, with crowded clumps of evergreen, strikingly-marked oval leaves, each up to long. The plant spreads itself horizontally, carpeting an entire small area of forest floor, sending roots into the substrate at each leaf node. ''Maranta'', in-addition to fellow “prayer-plant” genera (like '' Calathea'', '' Ctenanthe'', '' Goeppertia'' and '' Stromanthe''), is closely related to such groups as '' Alpinia'', ''Ensete'', '' Canna'', '' Curcuma'', '' Heliconia'', ''Musa'' and '' Zingiber''. Description The specific epithet ''leuconeura'' means "white-veined", referring to the leaves. The leaves have a habit of lying flat during the day, and folding in an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaves
A leaf (: leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, stem, flower, and fruit collectively form the shoot system. In most leaves, the primary photosynthetic tissue is the palisade mesophyll and is located on the upper side of the blade or lamina of the leaf, but in some species, including the mature foliage of ''Eucalyptus'', palisade mesophyll is present on both sides and the leaves are said to be isobilateral. The leaf is an integral part of the stem system, and most leaves are flattened and have distinct upper ( adaxial) and lower ( abaxial) surfaces that differ in color, hairiness, the number of stomata (pores that intake and output gases), the amount and structure of epicuticular wax, and other features. Leaves are mostly green in color due to the presence of a compound called chlorop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maranta Foliosa
Maranta can refer to: *The Marantaceae family of "prayer plants", including arrowroot * ''Maranta'' (plant), a genus within that family Maranta as a personal name may refer to: *In author citation (botany) In botanical nomenclature, author citation is the way of citing the person or group of people who validly published a botanical name, i.e. who first published the name while fulfilling the formal requirements as specified by the ''International Cod ..., Maranta is Bartolomeo Maranta, the 16th century botanist for whom the Marantaceae are named and also a literary theorist * Barry Maranta, Australian sports administrator * Lachlan Maranta (born 1992), Australian Rugby League player, Grandson of Barry Maranta * Edgar Aristide Maranta (1897–1975), Swiss-born archbishop of Zanzibar *Maranta, a character in the Dragonlance series; see List of minor Dragonlance characters#Kang's Regiment {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
