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| Goeppertia burle-marxii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: | Goeppertia Nees, 1831[1] |
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Goeppertia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae, native to the New World Tropics.[1] It contains 243 accepted species, many of which were until recently[2] assigned to Calathea.[1] It was first described by Nees von Esenbeck in 1831, who erroneously erected another genus Goeppertia in 1836, which has now been synonymized with Endlicheria.[3] In 1862 August Grisebach described another genus Goeppertia; this has now been synonymized with Bisgoeppertia.[4]
The genus name of Goeppertia is in honour of Heinrich Göppert (1800–1884), a German botanist and paleontologist.[5]
Goeppertia can be easily distinguished from Calathea by the rosette-shaped flowers on Goeppertia, where Calathea has more of a ladder structure for its blooms.
The following species are accepted:[1]
This is a synonym of Endlicheria Nees
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