Nomenclatural notes on Goeppertia (Marantaceae)

Abstract

A recent molecular based phylogeny (Borchsenius et al. 2012) redefined the genus Goeppertia Nees (1831: 337) to include all the subgenera of Calathea Meyer (1818: 6) proposed by Schumann (1902) with the exception of C. subgenus Calathea Körnicke (1862: 112). As a result, several species of Calathea recently described were transferred to Goeppertia (Braga 2014). Similarly, a taxonomic revision of the Brazilian species, currently carried out by the first author, led to the conclusion that Calathea polytricha Baker (1894: 497) should be combined in Goeppertia. This species features the synapomorphies of Goeppertia, such as simple inflorescences and corolla lobes straight to spreading, and belongs to Schumann’s subgenus Pseudophrynium Körnicke (1862: 113). During the taxonomic revision, other names have been considered synonyms and are typified here.

Viviparidad en Goeppertia inocephala (Marantaceae).

“…La mayoría de las especies (ca. 248) pertenecen al género Goeppertia Nees, caracterizado por sus especies herbáceas con inflorescencias simples y lóbulos corolinos erectos o extendidos (Borchsenius et al, 2012;Saka & Lombardi, 2015). Los miembros de esta familia generalmente viven en el sotobosque de bosques semideciduos, selvas lluviosas y selvas nubladas hasta los 1500 metros, raramente superan los 2000 metros (Kennedy, 2000).…”