Goeppertia allouia

Goeppertia allouia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zingiberales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Marantaceae
Genus: Goeppertia
Species: Goeppertia allouia

Name

Goeppertia allouia (Aubl.) Borchs. & S.Suárez, Syst. Bot. 37(3): 629 (2012).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Maranta allouia Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 3. (1775).
• Homotypic
  • Phrynium allouia (Aubl.) Roscoe, Monandr. Pl. Scitam. t. 38. (1828).
  • Calathea allouia (Aubl.) Lindl., Bot. Reg. 14: sub pl. 1210. (1829).
  • Phyllodes allouia (Aubl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 696. (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Curcuma americana Lam., Encycl. 2: 228 (1786).
    • Allouya americana (Lam.) A.Chev., Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 16: 974 (1936).
  • Maranta niveiflora A.Dietr., Sp. Pl. 1: 23 (1831).
  • Maranta semperflorens Horan., Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 10 (1862).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (introduced), Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica (introduced), Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Borchsenius, F., Suárez, S. & Prince, L.M. 2012. Molecular phylogeny and redefined generic limits of Calathea (Marantaceae). Systematic Botany 37(3): 620–635. DOI: 10.1600/036364412X648571 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Goeppertia allouia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan. 25. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Goeppertia allouia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Goeppertia allouia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 19 2015.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Goeppertia allouia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Apr. 2015.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Goeppertia allouia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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