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Issue: Vol. 257 No. 3: 20 April 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-04-20
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.257.3.8
Page range: 295–296
Abstract views: 45
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Transfer of the Panamanian species Calathea gordonii to the genus Goeppertia (Marantaceae)

Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, 22460-030, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, 22460-030, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Calathea sect. Breviscapus Flora of Panama Goeppertia gordonii Mesoamerica

Abstract

Calathea gordonii is herein transferred to Goeppertia. This genus was recently resurrected to incorporate most Calathea species. In preparation for the Flora Mesoamericana, C. gordonii was recently described as endemic to Panama and included in the Calathea sect. Breviscapus a section where all species have been transferred to Goeppertia.