What is "ctenanthe"

Ctenanthe is a genus of flowering plants of the family Marantaceae described as a genus in 1884. They are evergreen perennials, native to Central and South America (primarily Brazil). They are grown for their attractive, often variegated foliage. They are frost tender, requiring a minimum temperature of .

The Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit has been awarded to the species Ctenanthe lubbersiana (common name: bamburanta), which grows to and bears large, oval leaves up to long, heavily striped and mottled with yellow, and the cultivar Ctenanthe oppenheimiana 'Tricolor' (common name "never-never plant"), which grows to with narrow, oval leaves up to long with V-shaped silver patterns above and maroon below.