Maranta leuconeuraÉ.Morren

Prayer plant

WFO wfo-0000467179 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC0 / CC BY In the accuracy benchmark

Plate 1 figs. a–e

Maranta leuconeura, photographed by Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin
fig. a Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2019-12-08 / obs. 57677799
Maranta leuconeura, photographed by alessandradalia
fig. b alessandradalia, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 30465012
Maranta leuconeura, photographed by Karthik Thrikkadeeri
fig. c Karthik Thrikkadeeri, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155424483
Maranta leuconeura, photographed by Thomas Dreux
fig. d Thomas Dreux, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190335055
Maranta leuconeura, photographed by rebecca bachman
fig. e rebecca bachman, CC0 1.0 / obs. 177806426

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Flowering n = 47 observations

Peak flowering in May, from 47 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 21 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Calathea fascinator (L.Linden & Rodigas) L.H.Bailey
  • Calathea kerchoveana (É.Morren) André
  • Calathea leuconeura (É.Morren) G.Nicholson
  • Calathea leuconeura (É.Morren) N.E.Br.
  • Calathea massangeana (É.Morren) G.Nicholson
  • Calathea massangeana É.Morren ex L.Gentil
  • Maranta depressa É.Morren
  • Maranta fascinator L.Linden & Rodigas
  • Maranta kerchovei Van Geert
  • Maranta kerchoviana É.Morren
  • Maranta leuconeura var. erythroneura G.S.Bunting
  • Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoveana Petersen
  • Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoveana É.Morren
  • Maranta leuconeura var. leuconeura
  • Maranta leuconeura var. massangeana É.Morren ex Planch.
  • Maranta leuconeura var. massangeana É.Morren
  • Maranta massangeana É.Morren
  • Maranta massangeana (É.Morren) W.Bull
  • Maranta massangeana unranked atrata G.Nicholson
  • Maranta massangeana unranked florentina G.Nicholson
  • Maranta massangeana unranked metallica G.Nicholson

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.