Native records: 3 botanical areas
Brazil West-Central, Brazil Southeast, Paraguay
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A perennial of seasonally dry tropical climates. Native to Brazil, Paraguay.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account and images are not yet available.
Distribution areas
Brazil
- Brazil SoutheastNative
- Brazil West-CentralNative
Paraguay
- ParaguayNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
- Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
The same climate occurs in 106 areas worldwide, 103 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
- Family
- Marantaceae
- Genus
- Goeppertia
Other species in Goeppertia
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Brazil · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Paraguay · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open source