'Beauty Star' · ← Goeppertia Updated 2026-08-14

GOEPPERTIA

Goeppertia ornata 'Beauty Star'

A trade cultivar epithet applied to Goeppertia ornata, a Marantaceae species native to southeastern Colombia and southwestern Venezuela, with no documented originator or registration record.

Overview

The epithet 'Beauty Star' circulates in the horticultural trade applied to plants attributed to Goeppertia ornata (Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez, a member of Marantaceae. The species combination was published by Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince in 2012 in Systematic Botany 37(3): 633, as part of a molecular phylogenetic revision that transferred 246 species previously placed in Calathea G.Mey. to the reinstated genus Goeppertia Nees [1]. Plants of the World Online records the accepted name as Goeppertia ornata (Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez and treats Calathea ornata (Lem.) Körn. as a synonym [2].

The Digital Towns registry records this cultivar at id 63, linked to the genus Goeppertia Nees (id 5) and species epithet ornata [3]. The registry species authority field carries the value '(Linden) Borchs. & S.Suárez'. This value does not match the accepted record in Plants of the World Online, which records the parenthetical authority as '(Lem.)', reflecting the basionym Maranta ornata Lem., first published by Charles Lemaire in Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe 4: t. 413 (1848) [2]. The discrepancy has been flagged for review against the Borchsenius et al. 2012 protologue at page 633 [1] and is noted here as a documented conflict pending a human determination.

Names and Name Classes

Three name classes are distinguished in this registry: the registered cultivar epithet, any trade designation, and any patent denomination.

Registered epithet. The cultivar epithet 'Beauty Star', formatted in single quotation marks per the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, appears in trade use in combination with Goeppertia ornata. The name row in the Digital Towns registry carries the status 'nomenclatural_evidence' and is marked as not citable in prose as a confirmed registration [3]. No authoritative registration record, protologue, or dated first-use document establishing this epithet under an appointed cultivar registration authority has been located.

Trade designation. No trade designation separate from the cultivar epithet has been identified in any primary record located during research [3].

Patent denomination. No plant patent denomination has been located at the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any other primary patent record for this cultivar. The registry patent_number field is null [3]. No patent denomination is established.

Origin

No originator is documented. This cultivar predates any registration authority for Marantaceae.

The registry records no originator name, no namer, no parentage, no derivation, no year established, and no place or date of origin for 'Beauty Star' [3]. No plant patent, no European Community plant variety right, and no published breeder's record for this cultivar has been located. The registry classification field carries a value indicating no documented derivation class, meaning no basis exists in any located primary record for treating this cultivar as a selection, a hybrid, a sport, or any other defined class [3].

Registration Context

No International Cultivar Registration Authority has been appointed for Marantaceae. The genus record in the Digital Towns registry carries icra_authority set to null and dt_is_icra set to false [3]. In the absence of an appointed authority, no formal registration mechanism exists for cultivar epithets in this genus, and the epithet 'Beauty Star' carries no registration record [3].

Digital Towns functions as an aggregator and applicant, not as an appointed cultivar registration authority, and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operating under the International Society for Horticultural Science or any appointed authority.

Species Identity Note

An identification question relevant to this cultivar record has been documented by Marantaceae specialist Helen Kennedy and is noted on the iNaturalist taxon page for Goeppertia ornata: plants sold in the horticultural trade under the name Goeppertia ornata have in many cases been misidentified and may represent the related species Goeppertia sanderiana or Goeppertia majestica. The iNaturalist record further notes that Goeppertia ornata in the strict sense was documented as having disappeared from cultivation prior to the mid-1990s [4]. Plants of the World Online records the native range as southeastern Colombia to southwestern Venezuela, in the wet tropical biome [2]. If plants sold as Goeppertia ornata 'Beauty Star' belong in fact to a related species, the species-level attribution in this registry record requires specialist verification.

Limited authoritative sources available; further research needed.

Registry record

The entries below are the registry rows this article is written from. Each carries its own source, its role, and both dates. A row recorded as nomenclatural evidence is dated documentation of a name in use and is never cited in the prose above.

Registry card

Goeppertia ornata 'Beauty Star' is a named cultivar applied in the horticultural trade to plants of the species Goeppertia ornata (Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez (Marantaceae). No originator, patent number, parentage, or registration record has been located for this epithet, and no International Cultivar Registration Authority has been appointed for Marantaceae.

Genus
Goeppertia
Species
ornata
Classification
not recorded
Originator
not documented
Established
not documented
Patent
none on record

Name classes

Three name classes with three different legal statuses attach to a cultivated plant: the registered cultivar epithet (governed by the ICNCP, printed in single quotes), any trade designation (a marketing name or trademark, never printed in single quotes), and the patent denomination (the name as published in a plant patent). Conflating them is the most common error in horticultural writing, and it is the one this registry exists to prevent.

NameClassSource
Beauty Star Accepted evidence only Digital Towns registry — name in trade use, source verification pending (2026-08-11)
Placeholder record. No authoritative source for this cultivar has been located; Marantaceae has no ICRA and no register. Not citable in prose and does not count toward the indexing threshold. To be replaced by a sourced record from the USPTO -> journals -> dated-catalog research pass.

Origin and parentage

This registry has not located significant documentation to substantiate the origin of this name. No originator, introduction date, or registration record has been found in any source examined — no cultivar registration authority exists for Marantaceae that could have recorded one.

No independent dated documentation has been located to date. What this registry holds is its own record of the name in commercial use, 2026-08-11 — not third-party documentation.

This record is maintained openly and updates as documentation is located. Documented evidence of this cultivar's origin — dated catalogues, listings, or publications — can be submitted for verification.

Patent and propagation status

No plant patent is recorded for this cultivar in this registry. That is not the same as a positive finding that none exists: absence here means we have not located one.

See an error, or have documentation we lack? Submissions open shortly. Corrections are reviewed against documentation before the record changes.

Sources

  1. Borchsenius, F., Suárez, S. & Prince, L.M. (2012). Molecular phylogeny and redefined generic limits of Calathea (Marantaceae). Systematic Botany 37(3): 620–635. DOI: 10.1600/036364412X648571 (2012-01-01). Systematic Botany (American Society of Plant Taxonomists). https://complete.bioone.org/journals/systematic-botany/volume-37/issue-3/036364412X648571/Molecular-Phylogeny-and-Redefined-Generic-Limits-of-iCalatheai-Marantaceae/10.1600/036364412X648571.short Accessed 2026-08-14.
  2. The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants (2026). Goeppertia ornata (Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/ (2026-01-01). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Plants of the World Online). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60461169-2 Accessed 2026-08-14.
  3. Digital Towns Plant Registry — Goeppertia ornata 'Beauty Star', cultivar record id 63, genus record id 5 (internal registry fact pack, accessed for this brief) (2026-08-12). Digital Towns. https://digitaltowns.com/plants/goeppertia/cultivars/beauty-star/ Accessed 2026-08-14.
  4. iNaturalist — Taxon page: Goeppertia ornata (Pinstripe calathea), citing Kennedy, H. [Marantaceae specialist] on identity of trade plants (n.d.). iNaturalist / California Academy of Sciences. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/930131-Goeppertia-ornata Accessed 2026-08-14.

DIGITAL TOWNS REGISTRY · PLANTS · REVIEWED 2026-08-13