'Bicajoux' · ← Goeppertia Updated 2026-08-13

GOEPPERTIA

Goeppertia fasciata 'Bicajoux'

A trade cultivar epithet applied to Marantaceae foliage plants, pending confirmation of species identity against a primary botanical or patent record.

Overview

The epithet 'Bicajoux' is recorded in horticultural trade use for foliage plants assigned by this registry to Goeppertia fasciata (Linden ex K.Koch) Borchs. & S.Suárez, a species in the family Marantaceae. Goeppertia Nees is the accepted genus whose circumscription was established by Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince in 2012, who published 246 new combinations transferring the bulk of Calathea G.Mey. into Goeppertia after demonstrating that Calathea as previously circumscribed was polyphyletic [2].

The registry's assignment of 'Bicajoux' to Goeppertia fasciata carries verified_against_primary = false as of 2026-08-12. The nearest-located primary record, U.S. Plant Patent PP27098, describes a Bicajoux-series denomination at genus level only — as Calathea spp. — without naming a species epithet, and accordingly does not confirm fasciata for the epithet 'Bicajoux' [3]. A human reviewer is required to resolve this discrepancy before the species assignment can be treated as confirmed.

Names and Name Classes

Three distinct name classes apply to plants sold under the 'Bicajoux' label and must not be conflated.

Registered epithet. The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) requires that a cultivar epithet be enclosed in single quotation marks [1]; the correctly styled form is therefore Goeppertia fasciata 'Bicajoux'. No ICNCP registration record has been located for this epithet. No International Cultivar Registration Authority has been appointed for Marantaceae, so formal registration through the standard ICRA mechanism is not currently possible for any cultivar in this family [1].

Trade designation. In commercial practice 'Bicajoux' has functioned as a series designation under which several individually denominated cultivars have been marketed. No primary record has been located that establishes 'Bicajoux' as a formally published cultivar name standing independently from the series as a whole.

Patent denomination. U.S. Plant Patent PP27098 carries the denomination 'BICA146', one specific member of the Bicajoux series [3]. That patent does not itself establish any trade designation; trade names applied to series members in commerce are not established by the patent document [3]. The denomination 'BICA146' and the series label 'Bicajoux' are therefore separate name entities.

Origin and Authorship

For the epithet 'Bicajoux' treated as a discrete cultivar entity, no originator is documented — this cultivar predates any registration authority for Marantaceae.

The sole primary record located that documents inventor identity for any Bicajoux-series denomination is U.S. Plant Patent PP27098, which names Rene Denis as inventor and describes the denomination 'BICA146' as originating from a naturally occurring whole-plant mutation of an unpatented commercial variety of Calathea [3]. That documentation is specific to the patented denomination 'BICA146' and does not extend to the epithet 'Bicajoux' as a separately standing cultivar name. The registry fields for origin_date, seed_parent, pollen_parent, first_propagated_place and first_propagated_date are all null. Limited authoritative sources available; further research needed.

Intellectual Property

No U.S. plant patent naming 'Bicajoux' as its denomination has been located. The registry patent_number field is null and patent_status is unresolved against any primary record.

U.S. Plant Patent PP27098 — denomination 'BICA146' — is the primary record within the Bicajoux series that has been examined [3]. Protection under PP27098 covers the denomination 'BICA146' specifically; it does not extend to the epithet 'Bicajoux' as a separate cultivar unless a further patent specifically naming that denomination is located [3]. The registry patent_expires_on field is null and no primary record examined during this research pass allows it to be populated. Limited authoritative sources available; further research needed.

Taxonomic Background

The species to which this registry assigns 'Bicajoux' has a documented nomenclatural history spanning three genus-level treatments. The basionym is Maranta fasciata Linden ex K.Koch (1857). The combination Calathea fasciata (Linden ex K.Koch) Regel & Körn. was published in Gartenflora 7: 348 in 1858. The current accepted combination, Goeppertia fasciata, was published by Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince in Systematic Botany 37(3): 630 in 2012 [2], a status confirmed by the Plants of the World Online database maintained by Kew Science [4]. The pre-2012 genus name Calathea remains the prevailing label in horticultural commerce, including in U.S. Plant Patent PP27098, which uses Calathea spp. to describe the Bicajoux-series plant [3]; the continued commercial use of Calathea does not affect the accepted botanical circumscription established in 2012 [2].

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

The epithet 'Bicajoux' is recorded in trade use for plants assigned in this registry to Goeppertia fasciata (Linden ex K.Koch) Borchs. & S.Suárez (Marantaceae). The species assignment carries verified_against_primary = false: the nearest primary record, U.S. Plant Patent PP27098, describes the plant as Calathea spp. without naming a species epithet. No ICNCP registration and no discrete patent for the epithet 'Bicajoux' standing alone have been located.

Genus
Goeppertia
Species
fasciata
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
Bicajoux 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. Brickell, C.D., Alexander, C., David, J.C., Hetterscheid, W.L.A., Leslie, A.C., Malecot, V., Jin, X. & Cubey, J.J. (eds.) (2016). International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, 9th edition. Scripta Horticulturae 18. International Society for Horticultural Science, Leuven. ISBN 978-94-6261-116-0. (2016-01-01). International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). https://www.ishs.org/scripta-horticulturae/international-code-nomenclature-cultivated-plants-ninth-edition Accessed 2026-08-12.
  2. Borchsenius, F., Suárez, S. & Prince, L.M. (2012). Molecular phylogeny and redefined generic limits of Calathea (Marantaceae). Systematic Botany 37(3): 620–635. (2012-07-01). American Society of Plant Taxonomists — Systematic Botany. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364412X648670 Accessed 2026-08-12.
  3. U.S. Plant Patent PP27098 P2 — Calathea plant named 'BICA146'. Inventor: Rene Denis. (n.d.). United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/PP27098 Accessed 2026-08-12.
  4. Plants of the World Online — Goeppertia fasciata (Linden ex K.Koch) Borchs. & S.Suárez. Kew Science. (n.d.). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60459300-2 Accessed 2026-08-12.

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