Goeppertia louisae explained

Goeppertia louisae (syn. Calathea louisae) is a species of plant belonging to the genus Goeppertia, native to Rio de Janeiro state of southeast Brazil but cultivated in other places as an ornamental.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Goeppertia louisae is an herb up to 80 cm tall. Leaf blades are up to 22 cm long, 10 cm wide, with two different shades of green running in stripes from the costa to the margins.^[1]

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/327436#page/886/mode/1up Gagnepain, François. 1908. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 55: xlii, Calathea louisae
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=223117 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Calathea louisae
3. Web site: Calathea louisae . 2008-01-01 . 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235415/http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Marantaceae/Calathea_louisae.html . dead .
4. Borchsenius Kristensen, Finn & Suárez, Stella. 2012. Systematic Botany 37(3): 632, Goeppertia louisae