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Goeppertia libbyana (H.Kenn.) Borchs. & S.Suárez

Specimen

MNHN-P-P00604250
AME (America)

Taxonomy

Marantaceae
Goeppertia libbyana (H.Kenn.) Borchs. & S.Suárez

Origin

Prov. Napo. Road Coca (Pto. Francisco de Orellana) to Armenia Vieja, +/- paralleling Rio Napo, 14.8km from bridge over Rio Napo.
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Libby B. & Ray B.
1982-7-4
350
Herb to 1.3 m. Leaf above dark green with yellow-green feathered band along midrib and scalloped yellow-green band around the margin, with subrectangular whitish green spots between the major veins; patterned below in red-purple and light grey-green. Pulvinus yellow-green, petiole & sheath red-purple. Peduncle red-purple. Fertile bracts olive-green, steriles green. Ovary pink, sepals green, corolla tube cream, petals yellowish, staminodes purple, style white
Secondary forest and banana plantation, tropical wet forest zone

Determination history