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Goeppertia chimboracensis

Family
Marantaceae (Prayer-plant family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Goeppertia chimboracensis is an endangered species of flowering plant in the Marantaceae family. It is a perennial endemic to Ecuador.

It was first described by Jean Jules Linden. The name chimboracensis refers to the Chimborazo mountains in central Ecuador.

Other Goeppertia plants

Goeppertia cylindrica · Goeppertia orbifolia · Goeppertia ornata · Calathea pallidicosta · Calathea paucifolia · Goeppertia picturata · Calathea roseobracteata · Goeppertia warszewiczii · Goeppertia albertii · Guinea Arrowroot · Goeppertia bantae · Goeppertia burle-marxii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Goeppertia chimboracensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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