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Type of: Calathea contrafenestra Kennedy

Collector Luther, H.
Number 800
Collected with  
Country Ecuador
Subpart Napo
County  
Locality Cultivated: Marie Selby Botanical Garden, Sarasota, Florida. From rhizomes collected in Limoncocha; Madison, Plowman & Besse 5400
Coordinates    
Minimum elevation (m) 0
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 1982/06/18
End date 1982/06/18
Family Marantaceae
Identification Goeppertia contrafenestra (H.Kenn.) Borchs. & S.Suárez
Determined by F.Borchsenius
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Herb to 70 cm. Leaves green above with dark green ± rectangular spots and dark green around the margin; patterned likewise below but in light green and red-purple. Pulvinus yellow-green, prtiole green to reddish, sheath red-purple. Bracts green. Sepals green apically; corolla tube white, lobes cream; staminodes cream-white.

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