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

GOEPPERTIA

Goeppertia roseopicta 'Dottie'

A named selection of Goeppertia roseopicta circulating in the horticultural trade, with no patent or registration authority on record.

Overview

Goeppertia roseopicta 'Dottie' is a named cultivar selection of Goeppertia roseopicta (Linden ex Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez, an accepted species within the genus Goeppertia Nees in the family Marantaceae [1]. Plants of the World Online records the species as a perennial growing primarily in the wet tropical biome, with a native range encompassing western South America to western Brazil, including Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru [1].

The genus Goeppertia Nees encompasses an estimated 260 species, the great majority transferred from Calathea G.Mey. by Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince following a molecular phylogenetic revision published in Systematic Botany 37(3): 620–635 (2012), which demonstrated that Calathea as previously circumscribed was polyphyletic and resulted in 246 new combinations [2]. The combination Goeppertia roseopicta was published at Systematic Botany 37(3): 634 in 2012 [2]. No formal diagnostic description distinguishing 'Dottie' from the broader species has been located in any peer-reviewed, patent, or registration-authority source. Limited authoritative sources available for the cultivar-level diagnostic description of 'Dottie' specifically; further research needed.

Names and Name Classes

Three name classes apply to cultivated plants under the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP): the registered cultivar epithet, any trade designation, and any patent denomination.

Registered cultivar epithet. The cultivar epithet is 'Dottie'. The ICNCP requires a cultivar epithet to be enclosed in single quotation marks and not italicised [3]. The epithet appears in trade use associated with selections of Goeppertia roseopicta; no authoritative first-publication record for that epithet has been located, and no ICRA registration has been made, consistent with the fact that no International Cultivar Registration Authority has been appointed for Marantaceae [3].

Trade designation. No trade designation separate from the cultivar epithet 'Dottie' has been identified in any primary record reviewed for this entry.

Patent denomination. No patent denomination has been located for 'Dottie'. Targeted searches of the USPTO patent database did not return a filing for this cultivar, and the cultivar is therefore not subject to plant patent protection on the basis of any record available to this registry.

The horticultural trade continues to list this species and its cultivars under the synonym Calathea roseopicta, a usage that does not reflect the accepted nomenclature as maintained by Plants of the World Online [1].

Origin

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

The registry record carries no originator, no namer, no parentage, no derivation, no year of establishment, and no origin place or date. No classification type — whether selection, mutation, hybridisation, or other means — is established by any primary record this research has located. Limited authoritative sources available; further research needed.

Registration Context

No International Cultivar Registration Authority has been appointed for Marantaceae. International Cultivar Registration Authorities are appointed by the Commission on Cultivar Registration of the International Society for Horticultural Science and operate within the provisions of the ICNCP [3]. The International Aroid Society is the appointed ICRA for Araceae [4]; Marantaceae is a distinct family in the order Zingiberales and falls outside that appointment. Digital Towns is an applicant and aggregator; it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or accredited by the ISHS or any appointed ICRA. The ICNCP convention of enclosing the cultivar epithet in single quotation marks is observed here regardless of registration status [3].

The Species in Cultivation

The Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder documents Goeppertia roseopicta as cultivated outdoors in shaded areas in the wet tropics and subtropics, noting its ornamental foliage at the species level [5]. The species basionym is Maranta roseopicta Linden ex Lem., first published in Annales d'Horticulture Belge et Étrangère 16: 202 (1866). Plants of the World Online lists the accepted synonymy including Calathea roseopicta (Linden ex Lem.) Regel, Phyllodes roseopicta (Linden ex Lem.) Kuntze, Calathea illustris (Linden) N.E.Br., and Maranta wagneri Veitch ex Regel [1]. No statement specific to the cultivar 'Dottie' has been located in any botanical garden publication, university extension service, or primary literature source reviewed in this research. Limited authoritative sources available for the cultivar 'Dottie' specifically; 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 roseopicta 'Dottie' is a named horticultural selection of Goeppertia roseopicta (Linden ex Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez, a perennial species in the family Marantaceae native to western South America and western Brazil. No originator, patent, or formal registration authority exists 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
Dottie 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. Goeppertia roseopicta (Linden ex Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez — Plants of the World Online. The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (2026-01-01). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew — Plants of the World Online. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60461319-2 Accessed 2026-08-12.
  2. Borchsenius, F., Suárez, L.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.
  3. Cultivar Registration — Commission on Cultivar Registration, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). (n.d.). International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). https://ishs.org/scientific-structure/cmnr-cultivar-registration/ Accessed 2026-08-12.
  4. About — Aroid Cultivar Registry. International Aroid Society (IAS) as ICRA for Araceae. (n.d.). International Aroid Society — Aroid Cultivar Registry. https://www.aroidcultivars.org/about Accessed 2026-08-12.
  5. Goeppertia roseopicta — Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder. (n.d.). Missouri Botanical Garden. https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=364366&isprofile=0&pt=8 Accessed 2026-08-12.

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