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title: "Is the fishbone prayer plant in its own family? Looking at the…"
description: "Is the fishbone prayer plant in its own family? Looking at the scientific name, it doesn’t seem to be a calathea but I’ve always heard that the fishbone was a…"
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author: "Crazy plant lady"
published: "2025-11-24T20:57:41.521375Z"
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# Is the fishbone prayer plant in its own family? Looking at the…

_Posted by Crazy plant lady on 2025-11-24_

Is the fishbone prayer plant in its own family? Looking at the scientific name, it doesn’t seem to be a calathea but I’ve always heard that the fishbone was a calathea

## 2 comments

### smelliot commented on 2025-11-24

Fishbone falls under the Marantaceae family, prayer plants belong to the same family. But fishbone is its own genus.

#### Crazy plant lady replied on 2025-11-24

Ok thank you, I’m doing a hard copy of all my plants and got stuck lol

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