Marantaceae Family — Genera & Species
Marantaceae is a plant family. PlantoScan has care guides for 101 species in 22 genera of this family. Pick a genus to see its species, or start with the notable species below.
Notable Marantaceae species
Peacock Plant
Calathea makoyana
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Round-Leaf Calathea
Calathea orbifolia
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Peacock Plant
Goeppertia makoyana
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Prayer Plant
Goeppertia roseopicta
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Prayer Plant
Maranta leuconeura
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Rattlesnake Plant
Calathea lancifolia
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Cuban Hat Plant
Calathea lutea
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Calathea Roseopicta
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Fishbone Prayer Plant
Ctenanthe burle-marxii
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Ctenanthe Lubbersiana
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Allouia
Goeppertia allouia
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Inocephala Calathea
Goeppertia inocephala
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Genera in the Marantaceae family
- Goeppertia38 species · e.g. Peacock Plant
- Calathea20 species · e.g. Peacock Plant
- Ischnosiphon9 species · e.g. Arouma
- Ctenanthe4 species · e.g. Burle-Marx's Ctenanthe
- Maranta3 species · e.g. Prayer Plant
- Monotagma3 species
- Phrynium3 species
- Sarcophrynium3 species
- Stromanthe3 species · e.g. Prayer Plant
- Marantochloa2 species · e.g. None known
- Thalia2 species · e.g. Bent Thalia
- Afrocalathea1 species · e.g. Calathea rhizantha
- Donax1 species · e.g. Giant Donax
- Haumania1 species
- Indianthus1 species
- Koernickanthe1 species
- Megaphrynium1 species
- Myrosma1 species
- Sanblasia1 species
- Stachyphrynium1 species
- Thaumatococcus1 species · e.g. Sweet Prayer Plant
- Trachyphrynium1 species · e.g. Braun's Trachyphrynium
See also the plant genera A–Z and the complete plant care guide.