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

GOEPPERTIA

Goeppertia orbifolia 'Grande'

A trade epithet applied to Goeppertia orbifolia, a Marantaceae species native to eastern Brazil, with no located originator or registration record.

Overview

The cultivar epithet 'Grande' is applied in the horticultural trade to plants of the accepted species Goeppertia orbifolia (Linden) Borchs. & S.Suárez, a perennial of the family Marantaceae native to eastern Brazil [2]. The current accepted combination was published by Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince in Systematic Botany 37: 633 in 2012, as part of a revision that transferred 246 species from Calathea to Goeppertia following molecular phylogenetic evidence that Calathea as previously circumscribed was polyphyletic [2]. The GBIF Backbone Taxonomy records Goeppertia orbifolia as the accepted name and treats Calathea orbifolia (Linden) H.Kenn. — the combination published in Brittonia 34: 22 in 1982 — as a synonym [1].

The cultivar epithet 'Grande' carries no equivalent level of documentation: no protologue, plant patent, registration record or peer-reviewed source establishing diagnostic characters distinguishing 'Grande' from the species type has been located. Limited authoritative sources available; further research needed.

Names and Name Classes

Three distinct name classes apply in cultivar nomenclature: a registered epithet, a trade designation and a patent denomination. These categories must not be conflated.

Registered epithet. The epithet 'Grande' is treated in this registry as the cultivar epithet under the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP), which requires that a cultivar epithet be enclosed in single quotation marks and begin with a capital letter [3]. The full styled name is therefore Goeppertia orbifolia 'Grande'. Conforming to the ICNCP typographic convention does not constitute formal registration; without an appointed International Cultivar Registration Authority for Marantaceae and without a published description in a dated and verifiable source, the epithet has no formal standing under the ICNCP beyond its first date of published use [3].

Trade designation. No trade designation has been located for Goeppertia orbifolia 'Grande'. The registry holds one name record for this entity, classed as nomenclatural evidence and not prose-citable. No marketing name or trademark separate from the cultivar epithet has been identified in any primary source.

Patent denomination. No patent denomination has been located. A search of the USPTO plant patent database identified no plant patent for Goeppertia orbifolia 'Grande' [5]. No patent number, filing date, grant date, assignee or denomination is recorded in the registry for this cultivar.

Origin and Authorship

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

The registry records originator_unknown as true, with no originator source, no origin place, no origin date, no parentage and no assignee. No primary record establishing a breeder, selector, introducer or first publisher of the name 'Grande' in the context of Goeppertia orbifolia has been found in searches of the USPTO patent database, Plants of the World Online or the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy [2]. Limited authoritative sources available; further research needed.

Registration Context

No International Cultivar Registration Authority has been appointed for Marantaceae. The International Society for Horticultural Science appoints ICRAs through its Commission on Cultivar Registration; as of the date of this record, no such appointment exists for the denomination class covering Goeppertia [3]. For comparison, the International Aroid Society is the ICRA for Araceae, maintaining a cultivar registry at aroidcultivars.org under the provisions of the ICNCP [4]. No equivalent body exists for Marantaceae.

In the absence of an appointed ICRA, there is no authoritative register against which the epithet 'Grande' could be formally checked for uniqueness, priority or conformity with ICNCP rules. The ICNCP requires that a cultivar epithet be enclosed in single quotation marks [3], and the epithet 'Grande' as it appears in trade use conforms to that convention. Conformity with the typographic convention does not establish formal registration or nomenclatural priority.

Documentation and Evidence Status

The species Goeppertia orbifolia (Linden) Borchs. & S.Suárez is well-documented. Plants of the World Online lists six synonyms for the species, records its native range as eastern Brazil and its growth form as a perennial of the wet tropical biome [2]. The GBIF Backbone Taxonomy independently records the accepted name and treats Calathea orbifolia (Linden) H.Kenn. as a synonym [1].

The cultivar epithet 'Grande' stands in a different evidential position. The Digital Towns registry holds one name record for this epithet, classed as nomenclatural evidence and not prose-citable. No botanic garden publication, herbarium record or peer-reviewed paper documenting 'Grande' as a named and formally described selection of Goeppertia orbifolia has been located. No distinguishing traits are documented in any primary source [2]. 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 orbifolia 'Grande' is a cultivar epithet applied in the horticultural trade to plants of the accepted species Goeppertia orbifolia (Linden) Borchs. & S.Suárez (Marantaceae). No originator, patent denomination, trade designation or formal registration record has been located. No International Cultivar Registration Authority has been appointed for Marantaceae.

Genus
Goeppertia
Species
orbifolia
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
Grande 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. Calathea orbifolia (Linden) H.Kenn. — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy species record 2761903; synonymised under Goeppertia orbifolia (Linden) Borchs. & S.Suárez; published in Brittonia 34: 22 (1982) (1982-01-01). Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). https://www.gbif.org/species/2761903 Accessed 2026-08-12.
  2. Goeppertia orbifolia (Linden) Borchs. & S.Suárez — Plants of the World Online; first published in Syst. Bot. 37: 633 (2012); Borchsenius, Suárez & Prince (2012-01-01). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew — Plants of the World Online (POWO). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60461168-2 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://www.ishs.org/scientific-structure/cmnr-cultivar-registration/ Accessed 2026-08-12.
  4. About — Aroid Cultivar Registry; International Aroid Society as ICRA for Araceae (n.d.). International Aroid Society — Aroid Cultivar Registry. https://www.aroidcultivars.org/about Accessed 2026-08-12.
  5. Goeppertia orbifolia — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy species record 2761906; basionym Maranta orbifolia Linden, Cat. Pl. Exot. 16: 2 (1861) (1861-01-01). Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). https://www.gbif.org/species/2761906 Accessed 2026-08-12.

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