Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Goeppertia zebrina
Calatea, Mano de tigre, pizarro, Zebraplant
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Marantaceae
Genus
Goeppertia
Species
zebrina
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Calathea zebrina (Sims) Lindel (POWO, 2022).
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2000
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: Native to Brazil (Bahia to Santa Catarina). Introduced into: Dominican Republic, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles (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/
- Borchsenius, F. Suárez, L.S. & Prince, L. (2012) Molecular Phylogeny and Redefined Generic Limits of Calathea (Marantaceae) Borchsenius, F., Suárez, L.S. & Prince, L. (2012). Molecular Phylogeny and Redefined Generic Limits of Calathea (Marantaceae). Systematic Botany, 37(3), 620-635.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Goeppertia zebrina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20363. Accessed 19 June 2025.