Goeppertia inocephala
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: | Goeppertia |
| Species: | G. inocephala
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Goeppertia inocephala is a species of plant in the Marantaceae family which is native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, northern Brazil, and southeastern Mexico.[1]
When sterile, Goeppertia inocephala may be confused with Calathea lutea, but when fruiting, the fruits make it easily recognizable.[2]
In the Amazon, the leaves are used for wrapping food.[3] The Ye'Kwana people of Venezuela use the leaves of Goeppertia inocephala to line baskets for storing mañioco (manioc cereal).[4] They also use the plant as temporary thatching in house construction.
It is viviparous.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Goeppertia inocephala (Kuntze) Borchs. & S.Suárez". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-26.
- ^ "Goeppertia inocephala (Kuntze) H. Kenn. & Nicolson". Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ Duke, James A.; Vasquez, Rodolfo (1994). Amazonian Ethnobotanical Dictionary. CRC Press. p. 36.
- ^ Knab-Vispo, Claudia (1998). A Rain Forest in the Caura Reserve (Venezuela) and Its Use by the Indigenous Ye'Kwana People.
- ^ Sepúlveda-Nieto, M. del P.; Morales-Trujillo, Á. M.; Katinas, L. (2018). "Viviparidad en Goeppertia inocephala (Marantaceae)". Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica. 53 (2): 221–225. doi:10.31055/1851.2372.v53.n2.20579. hdl:11336/83194.
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