Goeppertia ornata
| Goeppertia ornata | |
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| Goeppertia ornata in the Andromeda Gardens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: | Goeppertia |
| Species: | G. ornata
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| Binomial name | |
| Goeppertia ornata | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Goeppertia ornata (syn. Calathea ornata), is a species of perennial plant in the family known as the prayer plants. It is native to Colombia and Venezuela.[1]
While the horticultural industry sells "pinstripe calathea" houseplants as Goeppertia ornata or Calathea ornata,[4] Marantaceae expert Helen Kennedy states that these are actually Goeppertia majestica.[5][6] Goeppertia ornata is much more difficult to grow and disappeared from cultivation some time prior to the mid 1990s.
References
- ^ a b "Goeppertia ornata (Linden) Borchs. & S.Suárez". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Gartenflora, "Plant Name Details for Calathea ornata". IPNI. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
Nomenclatural synonym = Maranta ornata Lem. (Published in: Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe 4: t. 413. 1848.)
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
- ^ "Goeppertia ornata". North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ^ Kennedy, Helen (1996). "Calathea ornata and relatives, an ornate confusion". ISHS Acta Horticulturae. 413: 169–176. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.1995.413.26.
- ^ Kennedy, Helen (1995). "Will the real Calathea ornata stand up?" (PDF). Heliconia Society International Bulletin. 7 (3): 12–16. Retrieved 19 December 2025.