Goeppertia rufibarba

Goeppertia rufibarba (syn. Calathea rufibarba), the furry feather or velvet calathea, is a flowering plant in the Marantaceae family, native to Bahia state of northeastern Brazil.[1][2][3] The plant's common names are due to its fuzzy, fur-like underleaf texture, which is unusual in its genus.[4][5] Common as a houseplant, the species requires warm temperatures, shade, and humidity to thrive, and may produce small yellow flowers.[6][7] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[8]

Goeppertia rufibarba
At the United States Botanic Garden
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Goeppertia
Species:
G. rufibarba
Binomial name
Goeppertia rufibarba
(Fenzl) Borchs. & S.Suárez
Synonyms[1]
  • Calathea rufibarba Fenzl
  • Phyllodes rufibarba (Fenzl) Kuntze

References
  1. "Goeppertia rufibarba (Fenzl) Borchs. & S.Suárez". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. "Goeppertia rufibarba". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.
  3. "Species details". Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist.
  4. "Kew Bulletin, Volume 11", Kew Bulletin, H.M. Stationery Office, p. 403, 1897
  5. Lisa Eldred Steinkopf (23 October 2017). Houseplants: The Complete Guide to Choosing, Growing, and Caring for Indoor Plants. Cool Springs Press. p. 261. ISBN 978-1-59186-690-9.
  6. DK (1 March 2010). How to Grow Practically Everything. DK Publishing. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-7566-7001-6.
  7. Sir William Jackson Hooker (1897), "Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Volume 123", Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Academic Press
  8. "Goeppertia rufibarba". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.


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