Biology:Goeppertia petersenii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Goeppertia petersenii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Goeppertia
Species:
G. petersenii
Binomial name
Goeppertia petersenii
(Eggers) Borchs. & S.Suárez
Synonyms[2]

Calathea petersenii Eggers

Goeppertia petersenii is a species of plant in the Marantaceae family. It is native to southeastern Colombia and Ecuador.[2] Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests up to 500 meters elevation.[1]

The species was first described as Calathea petersenii by Henrik Franz Alexander von Eggers in 1893. In 2012 Finn Borchsenius and Stella Suárez placed the species in genus Goeppertia as G. petersenii.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q92371787 entry