Goeppertia erecta (Andersson & Kennedy) Borchsenius & Suárez (2012: 630)

Saka, Mariana Naomi & Lombardi, Julio Antonio, 2015, Nomenclatural notes on Goeppertia (Marantaceae), Phytotaxa 222 (2), pp. 155-158 : 156

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scientific name	Goeppertia erecta (Andersson & Kennedy) Borchsenius & Suárez (2012: 630)
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Goeppertia erecta (Andersson & Kennedy) Borchsenius & Suárez (2012: 630) View in CoL

Basionym :— Calathea erecta Andersson & Kennedy (1996: 448) View in CoL . Type :— FRENCH GUIANA: along side to Cacao, near turn-off from Route N2 , 8 March 1983, L. Andersson 1106 (holotype S-S-R-849! [digital image], isotypes GB! [digital image], CAY; image of the holotype is available at http://andor.nrm.se/kryptos/fbo/kryptobase/large/S-R-000001/S-R-849.jpg) .

Additional specimen examined:— BRAZIL. Amazonas: Manaus-Caracarí Road, km 62, Reserva INPA, 5 February 1974, G.T. Prance 20225 (paratype INPA!).

= Calathea hopkinsii Forzza (2007: 535) View in CoL ≡ Goeppertia hopkinsii (Forzza) Borchsenius & Suárez (2012: 631) View in CoL . syn.nov. Type:— BRAZIL. Amazonas: Manaus, Rodovia Manaus-Itacoatiara , km 26, Reserva florestal Ducke , 22 December 1995, M.A.S. Costa 586 (holotype INPA 189789 View Materials !, isotype SPF!; image of the isotype is available at http://fsi.cria.org.br/fsicache/fsi3?type=image&source=herbaria/ SPF/ SPF00122320 About SPF .tif&profile=jpeg&width=1055&quality=96).

Notes:— Calathea erecta View in CoL was described by Andersson & Kennedy (1996: 448) based on specimens from French Guiana and Brazilian Amazon, with one of the paratypes collected on the “Reserva Florestal Ducke” (Prance 20225). In the publication of Marantaceae Meyer (1818: 6) View in CoL for “Flora da Reserva Ducke”, Forzza (2007: 535) described Calathea hopkinsii View in CoL based on specimens collected in the reserve. The diagnostic characters of this species (petiole and pulvinus glabrous, leaf blade oblanceolate, synflorescence originating directly from the rhizome, cataphylls enclosing the peduncle, and bracts ovate, chartaceous and glabrous) are all present in Calathea erecta View in CoL . Examination of the paratype cited by Andersson & Kennedy and the specimen type of Calathea hopkinsii View in CoL did not reveal any other differences between the taxa and we conclude that C. hopkinsii View in CoL and combinations of that name should be considered synonyms of Goeppertia erecta View in CoL .