Calathea veitchiana
| Calathea veitchiana | |
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| Illustration from Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe by Louis van Houtte, 1865–1867 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: | Calathea |
| Species: | C. veitchiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Calathea veitchiana J.H.Veitch ex Hook.f. | |
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Calathea veitchiana is a species of plant in the Marantaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The plant was discovered near Cuenca by the Victorian plant collector, Richard Pearce in 1862, and named in honour of his employers, James Veitch & Sons.[2]
Similar species
In 1983 a new species of Calathea was described from Peru, that, although not closely related to C. veitchiana, shows the same leaf pattern and had been previously misidentified in collections as C. veitchiana. This new species was named C. pseudoveitchiana.[3]
References
- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of all Plant Species".
- ↑ James Herbert Veitch (2006). Hortus Veitchii (reprint ed.). Caradoc Doy. p. 47. ISBN 0-9553515-0-2.
- ↑ Helen Kennedy (1983). "A pattern mimic of Calathea veitchiana from Peru (Marantaceae)". Canadian Journal of Botany. 61 (5): 1429–1434. doi:10.1139/b83-154.
Sources
- Muriel, P. & Pitman, N. 2004. Calathea veitchiana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 August 2007.
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