Goeppertia louisae

(Gagnep.) Borchs. & S.Suárez (2012)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Zingiberales Family: Marantaceae Genus: Goeppertia

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Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Syst. Bot. 37: 632 (2012)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Goeppertia louisae Koloa District. National Tropical Botanical Garden, McBryde Garden in Lawai Valley, Zingiberales collection near Pump House 6, behind pump keepers cottage, along trail just N of Allerton Garden boundary. Cultivated Preserved_Specimen Clumping perennial herb, lvs. usu. 2/stem, dark lustrous green w paler geen fishbone pattern above, dull purple beneath, margins undulate, Inflorescence w bracts & flrs. white. Lorence, D.H. 10768 Kauai BISH 2018-12-05
2 Goeppertia louisae Koloa District: Lawai Valley. National Tropical Botanical Garden. Bamboo Bridge Preserved_Specimen Short statured herb from creeping rhizome; leaves erect; new shoots purple, sheath and petiole purple fading greenish with age; leaves dark green above w/irregular whitish to pale green blotching pattern along midrib, below purple; bracts pale green, recurved; flowers white. Flynn, T.W. 5987 Kauai BISH 1996-06-28