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Goeppertia latifolia

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(Redirected from Calathea latifolia) Species of flowering plant

Goeppertia latifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Goeppertia
Species: G. latifolia
Binomial name
Goeppertia latifolia
(Willd. ex Link) Borchs. & S.Suárez
Synonyms

Calathea latifolia (Willd. ex Link) Klotzsch

Goeppertia latifolia is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae. Its native range is Panama to Ecuador and Trinidad. It is used as a food and medicine. Prehistoric Lucayan migrants to the Bahamas brought Goeppertia latifolia with them from their ancestral homelands. The flowers of Goeppertia latifolia do not open spontaneously.

References

  1. "Goeppertia latifolia (Willd. ex Link) Borchs. & S.Suárez". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  2. Berman, Mary Jane; Pearsall, Deborah M. (2020). "Crop Dispersal and Lucayan Tool Use: Investigating the Creation of Transported Landscapes in the Central Bahamas through Starch Grain, Phytolith, Macrobotanical, and Artifact Studies". Journal of Field Archaeology. 45 (5): 355–371. doi:10.1080/00934690.2020.1740958.
  3. "Calathea latifolia Klotzsch". Panama Biodiversity Portal. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Goeppertia latifolia


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