Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Goeppertia allouia
Alleluia, Dale dale, Sweet corn-tuber, Guinea arrowroot
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Marantaceae
Genus
Goeppertia
Species
allouia
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Calathea allouia (Aubl.) Lindl. (GBIF, 2021; POWO, 2022).
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2003
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Its native distribution range is Caribbean, Mexico to S. Tropical America (POWO, 2022).
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
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This page should be cited as follows:
"Galapagos Species Database, Goeppertia allouia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20358. Accessed 5 November 2026.