Goeppertia gloriana

Goeppertia gloriana (H.Kenn.) Borchs. & S.Suárez is an accepted species within the family Marantaceae, order Zingiberales. The GBIF Backbone Taxonomy records the name under taxon key 9284136 and assigns it to family Marantaceae [1]. Plants of the World Online, maintained by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, lists Goeppertia gloriana as an accepted species within Goeppertia Nees [3].

Goeppertia Nees is the accepted genus for the largest clade of Marantaceae, encompassing an estimated 260 accepted species [3]. The genus was substantially enlarged in 2012 when Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince demonstrated through molecular phylogenetic analysis that Calathea G.Mey., as previously circumscribed, was polyphyletic, and published 246 new combinations transferring species to Goeppertia [2]. Goeppertia gloriana is one of the species brought under that accepted genus through that revision. The registry records the species as represented in cultivation (in_cultivation: true), though no specific institutional accession records were recoverable from approved sources during the preparation of this page.

The accepted botanical name is Goeppertia gloriana (H.Kenn.) Borchs. & S.Suárez. The authority string encodes a two-stage nomenclatural history. H.Kenn. denotes Helen Kennedy, who first described the species under the genus Calathea, creating the basionym Calathea gloriana H.Kenn. [1]. Borchs. & S.Suárez denotes Finn Borchsenius and Santiago Suárez, who published the combination transferring the species to Goeppertia in 2012 [2].

The transfer was published in Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince (2012), 'Molecular phylogeny and redefined generic limits of Calathea (Marantaceae)', Systematic Botany 37(3): 620–635 [2]. That paper presented molecular phylogenetic evidence that Calathea G.Mey. as then circumscribed was polyphyletic, and it established Goeppertia Nees as the accepted genus for the largest recovered clade, publishing 246 new combinations in that single contribution [2].

The name Calathea gloriana H.Kenn. is therefore the basionym and carries synonym status under current accepted usage [1][2]. Any reference to this plant in horticultural or trade contexts under the name Calathea gloriana refers to the same taxon now recorded under the accepted combination Goeppertia gloriana (H.Kenn.) Borchs. & S.Suárez. The specific epithet gloriana is not a cultivar epithet, is not enclosed in single quotation marks, and carries no trade designation or plant patent status.

The registry records two prose-citable names for this species: the accepted epithet Goeppertia gloriana (H.Kenn.) Borchs. & S.Suárez, sourced to the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, and the synonym Calathea gloriana H.Kenn., sourced to Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince (2012) [1][2]. No additional synonyms were returned in the sources retrieved during the preparation of this page.

Limited authoritative sources available; further research needed.

The protologue of Calathea gloriana H.Kenn., which would carry the original diagnostic morphological description, was not recoverable from approved sources during the preparation of this page. Kennedy authored several Calathea descriptions for Central and South American taxa across the 1970s through 1990s, many of which were subsequently transferred to Goeppertia by Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince in their 2012 revision [2]. The GBIF Backbone Taxonomy confirms species-level acceptance of Goeppertia gloriana but does not carry a morphological description in its taxon record [1]. Until a citable primary source for the diagnostic characters of this species is available, no description is presented here.

The registry records no native range or habitat data for Goeppertia gloriana (native_range: null; habitat: null). Range data specific to this species was not returned in the approved sources retrieved during the preparation of this page. Plants of the World Online lists the species as accepted within Goeppertia but did not return a country-level range record for this taxon in the sources available [3]. Limited authoritative sources available for native range and habitat; further research needed.

Goeppertia as a genus is centred in the Neotropics. Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince (2012) characterised the family Marantaceae as predominantly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, Africa and Asia [2]. Assignment of Goeppertia gloriana to a specific country or biome cannot be made on this page without a citable primary source for that species specifically. No conservation status assessment from the IUCN Red List was recoverable from approved sources for this species; further research needed.

The registry records Goeppertia gloriana as represented in cultivation (in_cultivation: true). No specific documentation of cultivation history, introduction date, or institutional accession records for this species was recoverable from botanical garden publications, university extension services, or primary literature during the preparation of this page.

Limited authoritative sources available for cultivation history, introduction date, or institutional accession records; further research needed.

No cultivar names attributed to Goeppertia gloriana are recorded in the registry at the time of publication. No International Cultivar Registration Authority has been appointed for Marantaceae, meaning that cultivar names within Goeppertia and related genera currently lack a formal registration body. The registry's genus record confirms icra_authority as null [3]. Digital Towns is an applicant and an aggregator; it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operating under the International Society for Horticultural Science or any appointed cultivar registration authority.