GOEPPERTIA

Goeppertia veitchiana

(Veitch ex Hook.f.) Borchs. & S.Suárez


Accepted name

Goeppertia veitchiana (Veitch ex Hook.f.) Borchs. & S.Suárez

Accepted name per the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (key 8146589).

Synonymy and trade names

1 other name for this species is in documented use. The trade continues to sell most of these plants under their former Calathea names.

NameClassSource
Goeppertia veitchiana (Veitch ex Hook.f.) Borchs. & S.Suárez Accepted GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (dataset d7dddbf4-2cf0-4f39-9b2a-bb099caae36c)
Calathea veitchiana Synonym Borchsenius, F., Suárez, S. & Prince, L. (2012). Molecular phylogeny and redefined generic limits of Calathea (Marantaceae). Systematic Botany 37(3): 620–635. (2012-09-01)
Calathea name in continued horticultural use; transferred to Goeppertia by Borchsenius, Suárez & Prince (2012).

Profile

Limited public data available; further research needed. This entry currently holds verified nomenclature only. A sourced profile is written by the research pass, not by hand.

Cultivars of this species (1)

Sources

  1. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (dataset d7dddbf4-2cf0-4f39-9b2a-bb099caae36c) (n.d.). GBIF key 8146589. https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d7dddbf4-2cf0-4f39-9b2a-bb099caae36c Accessed 2026-08-11.
  2. Borchsenius, F., Suárez, S. & Prince, L. (2012). Molecular phylogeny and redefined generic limits of Calathea (Marantaceae). Systematic Botany 37(3): 620–635. (2012-09-01). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364412X648571 Accessed 2026-08-12.