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Ischnosiphon leucophaeus

Family
Marantaceae (Prayer-plant family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
C. & S. Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Ischnosiphon leucophaeus is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae. Its native range is from Nicaragua south to Brazil.

Ischnosiphon leucophaeus was named by Friedrich August Körnicke. It was first described by Eduard Friedrich Poeppig and Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher.

Other Ischnosiphon plants

Ischnosiphon arouma · Ischnosiphon obliquus · Ischnosiphon

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ischnosiphon leucophaeus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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