Never never plant (Ctenanthe oppenheimiana)

Never never plant (Ctenanthe oppenheimiana) is a species of plant in the Marantaceae, perennial herb, dense green up to 140 cm high, prefers warm, sheltered, shady and humid conditions.

C. oppenheimiana has elongated oval-shaped leaves, up to 56 cm long, up to 20 cm wide, with a sharp tip, the upper side is green and white and the lower side is burgundy. The leaf stalk is cylindrical, 84 cm long, the upper part 4 cm long is green and glabrous, the lower part has brown hair.

The flowers are in panicles over 5 cm long and have brown hairs. Flowers measure 0.5 cm, white and yellow. This species grows in shady, moist soil and has good drainage. Leaves immediately curl and wilt when exposed to direct sunlight. Often grows around rivers.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Ctenanthe Eichler in Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1884: 81 (1884)
Species: Ctenanthe oppenheimiana (É.Morren) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 48(Heft 11): 153 (1902)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Calathea oppenheimiana É.Morren in Ann. Bot. Hort. 25: 271 (1875)
Maranta oppenheimiana (É.Morren) Petersen in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 128 (1890)
Phyllodes oppenheimiana (É.Morren) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 696 (1891)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Maranta herderiana Regel in Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866(Suppl.): 28 (1867 publ. 1868)
Maranta oppenheimiana tricolor Dänhardt in Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 44: 522 (1913)

PUBLICATIONS

Danton, P. & Perrier, C. (2017). Suppressions and additions to the flora of the Juan Fernández archipelago (Chile). Botany Letters 164: 351-360.

Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

VERNACULAR NAME

Chinese (simplified): 银羽斑竹芋
Chinese (traditional): 艷錦竹芋 - 紫背錦竹芋
English: Never never plant, Giant bamburanta, Never-never plant, Giant never plant
Indonesian: Tante Tina
Slovak: Hrebeňovka Oppenheimova
Spanish: Pluma de indio

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