Goeppertia ornata (syn. Calathea ornata, also called variously striped, pin-stripe, or pin-stripe calathea) is a species of perennial plant in the family known as the prayer plants. It is native to South America (Colombia, Venezuela), and is cultivated in temperate countries as a houseplant.

Pin-stripe prayerplant
Goeppertia ornata in the Andromeda Gardens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Goeppertia
Species:
G. ornata
Binomial name
Goeppertia ornata
(Linden) Borchs. & S.Suárez[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Calathea arrecta Lindl. & André
  • Calathea ornata (Linden) Körn.
  • Maranta albolineata (Körn.) Regel
  • Maranta coriifolia Regel, Gartenflora 28: 295 (1879).
  • Maranta ornata Linden ex Lem.
    (basionym)
  • Maranta regalis hort. ex Lem.
  • Maranta roseolineata (Körn.) Linden
  • Phrynium ornatum (Linden) K.Koch
  • Phyllodes arrecta (Lindl. & André
  • Phyllodes ornata (Linden) Kuntze

References

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  1. ^ "Goeppertia ornata (Linden) Borchs. & S.Suárez". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ^ Gartenflora, "Plant Name Details for Calathea ornata". IPNI. Retrieved March 26, 2010. Nomenclatural synonym = Maranta ornata Lem. (Published in: Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe 4: t. 413. 1848.)
  3. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
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