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Accession Data:

Goeppertia makoyana (E.Morren) Borchs. & S.Suarez

  • Common Name: Peacock Plant
  • Family: Marantaceae Peterson
  • Synonym(s): Calathea makoyana

  • Country of Origin: Brazil (Espirito Santo)

  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500003
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1307 - NEOA: West Bench NC
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 01-22-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Marantaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Plants used in EEB 2244 - General Ecology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil Southeast

References (external):

  1. Goeppertia makoyana at Wikispecies. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
  2. Borchsenius, F., Surez, L.S.S. & Prince, L.M. (2012) Molecular phylogeny and redefined generic limits of Calathea (Marantaceae). Systematic Botany 37(3): pp. 620-635. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
  3. WCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.
  4. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Chhe (talk) - Own work (Original text: I (Chhe (talk)) created this work entirely by myself.), Public Domain, Link. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:00:02 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Goeppertia makoyana

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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