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Caeté bravo, Maranta Sanguinea
Family Marantaceae, Stromanthe sanguinea
-25.479, -48.8317
Field Notes
Description:
The Stromanthe sanguinea has a shrub-like development. These plants give origin to a brush with a rounded form. The Stromanthe sanguinea Is medium in size; in winter it assumes a greenredpinkwhite colouring. These are evergreen plants, which means they keep their leaves year round.
This plant prefers very luminous locations, but not direct exposition to sun
Habitat:
The 32 species in the Genus Maranta can be found in tropical and subtropical regions of southern Mexico, West Indies, Central America and South America (to northern Argentina).
Notes:
Order: Zingiberales () - Grisebach, 1854
Family: Marantaceae () - R. Br., in Flinders, 1814, nom. cons. - Prayer-Plant Family
Tribe: Maranteae
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Maranta sanguinea
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PublishedAugust 13, 2011
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