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'''''Stromanthe''''' is a genus of [[plant]] in family [[Marantaceae]]. {{Inc| Stromanthe (Greek, couch and flower; said to allude to the form of inflorescence). Marantaceae. Perennial herbs grown in the warmhouse for the foliage. Stems leafy, erect, from a thick horizontal rhizome, somewhat branched, the base covered by the long lf.- sheaths: lvs. short-petioled: infl. rather lax, terminal on a long peduncle, more or less compound, rarely narrow, almost raceme-like, frequently all colored blood-red; bracts and bractlets spathe-like, colored; sepals 3, free, oval-oblong; petals 3, slightly narrower than the sepals; ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled: fr. subglobose.—About 12 species, S. Amer. (Schumann, in Engler's Das Pflanzenreich, hft. 11.—IV. 48). Closely allied to Calathea, Maranta, Phrynium and Thalia. It agrees with Maranta and Thalia in having a 1-loculed caps., and thereby differs from Calathea and Phrynium, which have 3 locules. From Maranta it differs in having a very short perianth-tube and the segms. not standing opposite each other. From Thalia it differs, as does Maranta, in having 2 side staminodia rather than 1. For cult., see remarks under Calathea. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Species== It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): * ''[[Stromanthe ramosissima]]'', L.Andersson * ''[[Stromanthe porteana]]'' * ''[[Stromanthe sanguinea]]'' ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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