Goeppertia concinna

Goeppertia concinna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Goeppertia
Species:
G. concinna
Binomial name
Goeppertia concinna
Synonyms
List
    • Calathea chantrieri (André) L.H.Bailey & Raffill
    • Calathea concinna (W.Bull) K.Schum.
    • Calathea leopardina (W.Bull) Regel
    • Calathea leopardina var. concinna (W.Bull) Regel
    • Maranta chantrieri André
    • Maranta concinna W.Bull
    • Maranta leopardina W.Bull
    • Phyllodes leopardina (W.Bull) Kuntze

Goeppertia concinna (syn. Calathea concinna, Calathea leopardina) is a species of flowering plant from the genus Goeppertia in the family Marantaceae. It is native to Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil. A perennial shrub of the wet tropics, it has found use as a houseplant.

Description

Inflorescence of Goeppertia concinna

Goeppertia concinna is a small sized plant. It has pointy, light green leaves, long, green petioles and a small, green pulvinus. It has a pattern on the upper side of the leaf, which consists of a few, pointy dark green spots along the middle vein. The inflorescence of G.concinna is made of multiple bracts on a very short peduncle. The bracts are pointy and green and the flowers are bright yellow.

Taxonomy

In 2012, Mariana Saka, stated that the old type of Calathea leopardina was now used for Goeppertia concinna as Regel considered Calathea leopardina only a variety of Calathea concinna (Calathea leopardina var.concinna). The only differentiation Regel noticed between the two was the shape of the leaves (elliptic vs elliptic lanceolate).

Cultivation

In cultivation, there is a species that is often misnamed as Goeppertia concinna, which is a Goeppertia species called in the trade "Freddie". Those plants are a different species as Goeppertia concinna. The real G. concinna is more often sold as Goeppertia leopardina (or Calathea leopardina).

References

  1. 1 2 "Goeppertia concinna (W.Bull) Borchs. & S.Suárez". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Houseplants Conservatory Greenhouse Goeppertia concinna elegant calathea". Find a plant. The Royal Horticultural Society. 2026. Retrieved 7 June 2026. RHS Plants Shop Buy online from £17.99 ... 3 suppliers
  3. ↑ Eichler, August Wilhelm; Endlicher, István László; Fenzl, Eduard; Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von; Mary, Benj.; Oldenburg, R.; Urban, Ignaz (1840). Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum: quas suis aliorumque botanicorum studiis descriptas et methodo naturali digestas partim icone illustratas /ediderunt Carolus Fridericus Philippus de Martius et Augustus Guilielmus Eichler; iisque defunctis successor Ignatius Urban. Monachii et Lipsiae [Munich & Leipzig]: R. Oldenbourg. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.454.
  4. ↑ Saka, Mariana Naomi; Lombardi, Julio Antonio (14 August 2015). "Nomenclatural notes on Goeppertia (Marantaceae)". Phytotaxa. 222 (2): 155–158. Bibcode:2015Phytx.222..155S. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.222.2.9. ISSN 1179-3163.