Maranta concolor
Maranta concolor is a nineteenth-century nursery name (hort. ex Petersen, 1890) with no wild origin on record: GBIF lists it only as an unplaced horticultural name, Kew gives it no native range, and there are no wild records. It was listed by Petersen in 1890 from cultivated plants and has never been tied to a wild collection. A plant sold under this label is best treated as a cultivated Marantaceae of the Brazilian rainforest floor, and the conditions below are the general ones for that group.
Where it grows wild
No wild habitat is known for this name. Garden Marantas and Calatheas of the Victorian era were nearly all understory herbs of humid lowland forest in Brazil, growing on the shaded forest floor in leaf litter.
No elevation data; no wild records exist for this name.
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