Marantaceae
Goeppertia

Goeppertia cyclophora (Baker) Borchs. & S.Suárez

First published in Syst. Bot. 37: 630 (2012)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Sinaloa, Nayarit, Veracruz), Colombia to Guyana and N. Brazil. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, Guyana, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2001 Guyana Calathea cyclophora K000586793 Lectotype Yes
Soejarto, D.D.; Lockwood, T.E. [2494] Colombia Calathea cyclophora K002185187 Yes
Idrobo, J.M.; Zarucchi, J.L. [9465] Colombia Calathea cyclophora K002185190 Yes
Gentry, A.; Berry, P. [14493] Venezuela Calathea cyclophora K002185195 Yes
Berry, P. [5028] Venezuela Calathea cyclophora K002185196 Yes
Wurdack, J.J.; Adderley, L.S. [43732] Venezuela Calathea cyclophora K002185193 Yes
Maguire, B.; Wurdack, J.J. [34971] Venezuela Calathea cyclophora K002185192 Yes
Steyermark, J.A.; Kennedy, H. [89098] Venezuela Calathea cyclophora K002185191 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L. [1610] Colombia Calathea cyclophora K002185189 Yes
Wurdack, J.J.; Adderley, L.S. [43380] Venezuela Calathea cyclophora K002185194 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L. [1363] Colombia Calathea cyclophora K002185188 Yes
Appun, C.F. [252] Guyana Calathea cyclophora K000586794 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0