Goeppertia ornata

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Goeppertia ornata
Calathea ornata.jpg
Goeppertia ornata in the Andromeda Gardens
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Goeppertia
Species:
G. ornata
Binomial name
Goeppertia ornata
(Linden) Borchs. & S.Suárez [1] [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Calathea arrecta Lindl. & André
  • Calathea ornata (Linden) Körn.
  • Maranta albolineata (Körn.) Regel
  • Maranta coriifolia Regel, Gartenflora 28: 295 (1879).
  • Maranta ornata  Linden ex Lem.
    (basionym)
  • Maranta regalis hort. ex Lem.
  • Maranta roseolineata (Körn.) Linden
  • Phrynium ornatum (Linden) K.Koch
  • Phyllodes arrecta (Lindl. & André
  • Phyllodes ornata (Linden) Kuntze

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

  1. 1 2 "Goeppertia ornata (Linden) Borchs. & S.Suárez". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ↑ 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.)
  3. ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
  4. ↑ "Goeppertia ornata". North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  5. ↑ Kennedy, Helen (1996). "Calathea ornata and relatives, an ornate confusion". ISHS Acta Horticulturae. 413: 169–176. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.1995.413.26.
  6. ↑ Kennedy, Helen (1995). "Will the real Calathea ornata stand up?" (PDF). Heliconia Society International Bulletin. 7 (3): 12–16. Retrieved 19 December 2025.