Family · Monocots
Marantaceae
Prayer plants, arrowroot
Tropical herbs with leaves that fold at night via a swollen pulvinus; includes arrowroot.
- Accepted species
- 590accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 27accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈27 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Prayer plant
- Maranta
- Calathea
- Arrowroot
Genera
Goeppertia246 spp.
Calathea59 spp.
Maranta53 spp.
Monotagma39 spp.
Phrynium38 spp.
Ischnosiphon36 spp.
Stromanthe20 spp.
Marantochloa18 spp.
Ctenanthe16 spp.
Saranthe10 spp.
Stachyphrynium9 spp.
Hypselodelphys8 spp.
Sarcophrynium6 spp.
Thalia6 spp.
Megaphrynium5 spp.
Halopegia3 spp.
Haumania3 spp.
Pleiostachya3 spp.
Monophyllanthe2 spp.
Schumannianthus2 spp.
Thaumatococcus2 spp.
Afrocalathea1 spp.
Donax1 spp.
Indianthus1 spp.
Myanmaranthus1 spp.
Sanblasia1 spp.
Trachyphrynium1 spp.
Where it grows
- Southern America485
- Asia-Tropical53
- Africa47
- Northern America23
- Asia-Temperate9
- Pacific2
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.