'Beauty Star' · ← Goeppertia Updated 2026-08-13

GOEPPERTIA

Goeppertia ornata 'Beauty Star'

A cultivar epithet in wide trade circulation, attached to a species whose accepted combination was published by Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince in 2012.

Overview

Goeppertia ornata (Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez is an accepted species of Marantaceae. The accepted combination was published by Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince in 2012 as one of 246 new combinations transferring former Calathea species to the resurrected genus Goeppertia Nees, after the authors demonstrated that Calathea as previously circumscribed was polyphyletic [1]. According to Plants of the World Online (POWO), maintained by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the species is a perennial of the wet tropical biome, native to southeastern Colombia and southwestern Venezuela [2].

The cultivar epithet 'Beauty Star' is applied in trade to plants referable to this species, appearing under both Goeppertia ornata 'Beauty Star' and the synonymous combination Calathea ornata 'Beauty Star'. No primary authoritative record has been located that separately defines the morphological traits distinguishing 'Beauty Star' from other cultivated forms of the species.

Names and Name Classes

Registered cultivar epithet. The name 'Beauty Star' occupies the position of a cultivar epithet under the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP), which requires a cultivar epithet to be enclosed in single quotation marks. No International Cultivar Registration Authority has been appointed for Marantaceae [4][5], so the epithet has not been formally registered with any ICRA-appointed body and no registration reference or date exists.

Trade designation. No trade designation separate from the cultivar epithet 'Beauty Star' has been located in any primary source.

Patent denomination. No plant patent has been identified for this cultivar. The Digital Towns registry records no patent number and no patent filing date, and no patent denomination is on record.

The basionym is Maranta ornata Lem., published by Charles Lemaire in Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe 4: t. 413 (1848) [3]. POWO records the accepted combination as Goeppertia ornata (Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez [2]. The registry fact pack carries the species authority as '(Linden) Borchs. & S.Suárez'; POWO records the basionym author as Lemaire, not Linden [2]. This discrepancy is noted for reviewer resolution.

Origin and Authorship

No originator is documented — this cultivar predates any registration authority for Marantaceae.

The Digital Towns registry records no year of establishment, no derivation, no parentage, no assignee, no patent filing date, and no origin place or date for 'Beauty Star'. No primary record — such as a plant patent, a dated breeder's announcement, or an entry in any formal cultivar register — has been located that would supply any of those fields. Limited authoritative sources available; further research needed.

Documentation Status

The species Goeppertia ornata is well documented at the taxonomic level. The 2012 paper by Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince in Systematic Botany 37(3): 620–635 provides the authoritative basis for the accepted combination and the circumscription of Goeppertia Nees [1]. POWO and IPNI confirm the basionym, synonymy, and distributional record for the species [2][3].

Documentation specific to the cultivar 'Beauty Star' is absent from the categories of source this registry admits. No plant patent, no protologue, no botanic garden record, and no peer-reviewed cultivar description has been located that formally establishes the epithet, names an originator, or defines distinguishing traits. Limited authoritative sources available; further research needed.

Registry record

The entries below are the registry rows this article is written from. Each carries its own source, its role, and both dates. A row recorded as nomenclatural evidence is dated documentation of a name in use and is never cited in the prose above.

Registry card

Goeppertia ornata 'Beauty Star' is a cultivar epithet applied to plants referable to the accepted species Goeppertia ornata (Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez (Marantaceae), whose accepted combination was published in Systematic Botany in 2012. No originator, patent, or formal cultivar registration has been located in any primary source.

Genus
Goeppertia
Species
ornata
Classification
not recorded
Originator
not documented
Established
not documented
Patent
none on record

Name classes

Three name classes with three different legal statuses attach to a cultivated plant: the registered cultivar epithet (governed by the ICNCP, printed in single quotes), any trade designation (a marketing name or trademark, never printed in single quotes), and the patent denomination (the name as published in a plant patent). Conflating them is the most common error in horticultural writing, and it is the one this registry exists to prevent.

NameClassSource
Beauty Star Accepted evidence only Digital Towns registry — name in trade use, source verification pending (2026-08-11)
Placeholder record. No authoritative source for this cultivar has been located; Marantaceae has no ICRA and no register. Not citable in prose and does not count toward the indexing threshold. To be replaced by a sourced record from the USPTO -> journals -> dated-catalog research pass.

Origin and parentage

This registry has not located significant documentation to substantiate the origin of this name. No originator, introduction date, or registration record has been found in any source examined — no cultivar registration authority exists for Marantaceae that could have recorded one.

No independent dated documentation has been located to date. What this registry holds is its own record of the name in commercial use, 2026-08-11 — not third-party documentation.

This record is maintained openly and updates as documentation is located. Documented evidence of this cultivar's origin — dated catalogues, listings, or publications — can be submitted for verification.

Patent and propagation status

No plant patent is recorded for this cultivar in this registry. That is not the same as a positive finding that none exists: absence here means we have not located one.

Sources

  1. Borchsenius, F., Suárez, L.S.S. & Prince, L.M. (2012). Molecular Phylogeny and Redefined Generic Limits of Calathea (Marantaceae). Systematic Botany 37(3): 620–635. (2012-01-01). American Society of Plant Taxonomists — Systematic Botany. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364412X648571 Accessed 2026-08-12.
  2. Plants of the World Online — Goeppertia ornata (Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (2012-01-01). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew — Plants of the World Online. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60461169-2 Accessed 2026-08-12.
  3. International Plant Names Index — Maranta ornata Lem. IPNI record 152885-2. (2012-01-01). International Plant Names Index (IPNI). https://www.ipni.org/n/152885-2 Accessed 2026-08-12.
  4. Heliconia Society Cultivar Registration — documentation confirming Marantaceae is excluded from the Heliconia Society ICRA scope. (2021-10-17). ResearchGate / Heliconia Society. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337475951_Heliconia_Society_Cultivar_Registration Accessed 2026-08-12.
  5. ISHS — Cultivar Registration Authorities listing. International Society for Horticultural Science. (2026-01-03). International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). https://ishs.org/news/cultivars/ Accessed 2026-08-12.

DIGITAL TOWNS REGISTRY · PLANTS · REVIEWED 2026-08-13