Zebra Plant family : MARANTACEAE (ZINGIBERIDAE) in Australia

Flower
Families
Flowers in Australia
 
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
&
Christine Ashe
 
Plants in Australia Plant
Classes

Calathea louisae
Slender Zebra Plant
specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory,
Yandina, April 2007

Calathea zebrina
Zebra Plant
RBG Sydney, January 2012

Ctenanthe lubbersiana
Happy Dream
Wyee, February 2008

Ctenanthe pilosa
Golden Mosaic
specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory,
Yandina, April 2007

Ctenanthe setosa
Silver Star
Wyee, November 2007

Ctenanthe tricolor
Bamburanta
specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory,
Yandina, April 2007

Maranta leuconeura
Prayer Plant
Sydney, December 2011

Stromanthe sanguinea
Stromanthe
specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory,
Yandina, April 2007

We know of only one species of Lepidoptera in Australia, the caterpillars of which attack plants in MARANTACEAE:


Sphenarches anisodactylus

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(updated 4 January 2013)