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

GOEPPERTIA

Goeppertia roseopicta 'Corona'

A cultivar epithet applied to Goeppertia roseopicta, a Marantaceae species transferred from Calathea in the 2012 Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince revision.

Overview

Goeppertia roseopicta 'Corona' is a cultivar selection within the species Goeppertia roseopicta (Linden ex Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez, placed in the family Marantaceae, order Zingiberales [3]. The genus Goeppertia Nees is the largest in Marantaceae, encompassing an estimated 260 accepted species [1]. The great majority of those species, including Goeppertia roseopicta, were transferred from Calathea G.Mey. by Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince in 2012, following a molecular phylogenetic study that demonstrated Calathea as previously circumscribed was polyphyletic [1]. The GBIF Backbone Taxonomy records Goeppertia roseopicta under species key 8023661 as the accepted name [3], and the NCBI Taxonomy corroborates its placement within Marantaceae [4].

No primary record — plant patent, herbarium voucher, society register, or peer-reviewed publication — specifically distinguishing the horticultural characters of Goeppertia roseopicta 'Corona' from other cultivated selections of the same species has been located. Limited authoritative sources available; further research needed.

Names and Name Classes

Three name classes apply in cultivar nomenclature: a registered cultivar epithet, a trade designation, and a patent denomination. Each has a distinct legal and nomenclatural status.

Registered cultivar epithet. The cultivar epithet for this selection is Corona. Per the requirements of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP), a cultivar epithet must be enclosed in single quotation marks when cited in full [2]: Goeppertia roseopicta 'Corona'.

Trade designation. No trade designation separate from the cultivar epithet 'Corona' has been identified in any authoritative source consulted during this research pass.

Patent denomination. No plant patent denomination for a selection corresponding to Goeppertia roseopicta 'Corona' has been located in the United States Patent and Trademark Office database or any other primary record. The registry records patent_number: null.

The parent species basionym is Maranta roseopicta Linden ex Lem., first published in Belgique Horticole 16: 202 in 1866. The currently accepted combination, Goeppertia roseopicta (Linden ex Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez, was published at page 634 of Systematic Botany 37(3) in 2012 [1]. The trade continues to list the same species under its former synonym Calathea roseopicta; that name is a synonym under the currently accepted taxonomic treatment [3][4].

Origin and Authorship

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

No primary record establishing the parentage, place of selection, date of establishment, or identity of any breeder or namer for Goeppertia roseopicta 'Corona' has been located. The registry records originator: null, seed_parent: null, pollen_parent: null, derivation: null, year_established: null, and origin_place: null. No USPTO plant patent search returned a result for this cultivar. This is consistent with the absence of any appointed International Cultivar Registration Authority for Marantaceae [2], which means no formal registration infrastructure exists against which an originator claim could be anchored. Limited authoritative sources available; further research needed.

Registration Context

No International Cultivar Registration Authority has been appointed for Marantaceae. ICRAs are appointed by the Commission Cultivar Registration of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) and operate within the provisions of the ICNCP [2]. The published ISHS list of appointed authorities does not include any body covering Marantaceae, Goeppertia, or the trade genus Calathea [2]. For contrast, the International Aroid Society holds an ISHS appointment as the ICRA for Araceae [2]; no equivalent body has been appointed for Marantaceae. The epithet 'Corona' has been recorded in the Digital Towns registry as nomenclatural evidence of trade use; that registry row is not prose-citable and does not constitute registration. Digital Towns is an applicant and aggregator; it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or accredited by the ISHS or any ICRA.

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 roseopicta 'Corona' is a named cultivar selection of Goeppertia roseopicta (Linden ex Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez, a species in the family Marantaceae whose currently accepted combination was published by Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince in Systematic Botany 37(3) in 2012. No originator, patent, or registration authority has been documented for this cultivar.

Genus
Goeppertia
Species
roseopicta
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
Corona 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. (2012-09-01). Systematic Botany / American Society of Plant Taxonomists. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364412X648571 Accessed 2026-08-12.
  2. ISHS Commission Cultivar Registration — Cultivar Registration Authorities. International Society for Horticultural Science. (n.d.). International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). https://ishs.org/scientific-structure/cmnr-cultivar-registration/ Accessed 2026-08-12.
  3. Goeppertia roseopicta (Linden ex Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, species key 8023661. (n.d.). Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). https://www.gbif.org/species/8023661 Accessed 2026-08-12.
  4. Goeppertia roseopicta Borchs. & S.Suárez, 2012 — NCBI Taxonomy Browser, taxon ID 1756152. (n.d.). National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=1756152 Accessed 2026-08-12.

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