Goeppertia kegeljanii 'Network'

The cultivar epithet 'Network' is applied in the horticultural trade to plants belonging to Goeppertia kegeljanii (É.Morren) Saka, a perennial herb in the family Marantaceae native to Espírito Santo, Brazil, in the wet tropical biome [2]. The accepted combination was published by Saka in Phytotaxa 329: 249 (2017), transferring the basionym Maranta kegeljanii É.Morren (Ann. Bot. Hort. 25: 135, 1875) into Goeppertia Nees [1][2]. Goeppertia Nees is the accepted name for the largest genus in Marantaceae, with an estimated 260 species, the great majority transferred from Calathea G.Mey. by Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince in 2012 after molecular phylogenetic work demonstrated that Calathea as previously circumscribed was polyphyletic [3].

The cultivar 'Network' is associated in trade with a reticulate leaf pattern in which pale venation forms a fine mosaic over the lamina surface. No formal diagnostic description of this cultivar has been located in any botanical authority, patent record, or society publication. Limited authoritative sources available; further research needed regarding a formal morphological circumscription of 'Network' as a cultivar entity.

Registered cultivar epithet. The cultivar epithet is 'Network', enclosed in single quotation marks in accordance with the ICNCP. No formal registration of this epithet with any International Cultivar Registration Authority has been located, and no registration reference, registration date, or registrar is recorded in the Digital Towns registry for this cultivar [4].

Trade designation. No trade designation separate from the cultivar epithet has been located in any primary record. The name 'Network' circulates in trade in connection with Goeppertia kegeljanii, a species historically marketed under the synonym Calathea musaica (W.Bull) L.H.Bailey, which Plants of the World Online records as a heterotypic synonym of the accepted name [2]. No document establishes a separate trade designation distinct from the epithet itself.

Patent denomination. No patent number is recorded for 'Network' in the Digital Towns registry, and targeted searches of USPTO plant patent records returned no filing or grant for this cultivar [4]. No patent denomination therefore applies, and no patent term or expiry date can be stated.

Additional heterotypic synonyms of the parent species recorded by Plants of the World Online include Calathea bella (W.Bull) Regel (Gartenflora 28: 297, 1879), Calathea cardiophylla K.Schum. (Pflanzenr. IV, 48: 108, 1902), and Goeppertia bella (W.Bull) Borchs. and S.Suárez (Syst. Bot. 37: 629, 2012) [2][3]. These are synonyms of the species, not of the cultivar.

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

The Digital Towns registry record carries originator_unknown: true, with no originator source, no origin place, no origin date, no first propagation record, and no patent number [4]. Targeted searches of USPTO plant patent databases, botanical literature, and taxonomy repositories returned no primary record naming an originator, breeder, or discoverer for 'Network'. The name 'Network' has entered trade circulation in connection with Goeppertia kegeljanii, but no authoritative documentation traces the cultivar to a specific originating programme, selection event, or institution [2]. Limited public data available; further research needed.

No International Cultivar Registration Authority has been appointed for Marantaceae. The ISHS Commission for Cultivar Registration is responsible for appointing ICRAs under the provisions of the ICNCP; appointments are reassessed every four years [5]. As of 2026-08-14, no appointed authority for Marantaceae or any genus within it, including Goeppertia, appears in the ISHS ICRA listings [5]. In the absence of an appointed ICRA, no formal register of Goeppertia cultivar names exists under the ICNCP framework, and the cultivar epithet 'Network' has not been registered with any authority [4]. The ICNCP requires a cultivar epithet to be enclosed in single quotation marks; beyond that typographic standard, no regulatory instrument currently governs the use or priority of Goeppertia cultivar names. Digital Towns is an applicant and aggregator; it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or accredited by the ISHS or any ICRA.

The taxonomic standing of Goeppertia kegeljanii (É.Morren) Saka is well-documented in primary literature and authoritative databases. The GBIF Backbone Taxonomy confirms the accepted name and the Phytotaxa 329: 249 (2017) publication [1]. Plants of the World Online, drawing on the World Checklist of Vascular Plants (Govaerts et al., 2021), provides the full synonym list, native range, and habit data [2]. The 2012 revision by Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince in Systematic Botany 37(3): 620-635 establishes the generic framework within which the species is placed [3].

The cultivar 'Network' itself is documented only through the Digital Towns registry record (id 73, created 2026-08-12), which records the absence of an originator, patent, origin place, origin date, and registration reference [4]. No botanical authority, plant patent, society publication, or peer-reviewed cultivation study specifically addressing Goeppertia kegeljanii 'Network' as a cultivar entity has been located. Limited authoritative sources available; further research needed.