'Roseolineata' · ← Goeppertia Updated 2026-08-14

GOEPPERTIA

Goeppertia majestica 'Roseolineata'

A cultivar of Goeppertia majestica distinguished by pink-to-white striped leaves, recorded in botanic garden collections on multiple continents.

Overview

Goeppertia majestica 'Roseolineata' is a cultivar of Goeppertia majestica (Linden) Borchs. & S.Suárez, a tropical evergreen herbaceous perennial native to the rainforests of western South America to northern Brazil, growing primarily in the wet tropical biome, as recorded by the North Carolina State University Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox [1]. The cultivar is distinguished by dark green leaves bearing thin pink lines radiating from the midrib, which tend to become white as the leaf matures [1]. This colouration is reflected in the epithet: the Latin roseo- means pink, and lineata means striped.

The NC State Extension records a second named cultivar of the species, 'Albolineata', which bears thin white stripes along lateral veins and a purple underside, distinguishing it from 'Roseolineata' [1]. Goeppertia majestica belongs to Goeppertia Nees, the largest genus in Marantaceae, encompassing an estimated 260 accepted species, the great majority of which were transferred from Calathea G.Mey. by Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince in their 2012 revision published in Systematic Botany 37(3): 620-635 [2].

Names

Three name classes apply to cultivated plant selections under the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP): a registered epithet, any trade designation, and any patent denomination.

Registered epithet: The cultivar epithet is 'Roseolineata', written in single quotation marks and not italicised, in conformity with the ICNCP. No formal cultivar registration number has been located for 'Roseolineata', because no International Cultivar Registration Authority has been appointed for Marantaceae [3]. The name is documented in botanic garden accession records held by the Botanic Gardens Conservation International Plant Search database [2] and in the NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox [1], which constitutes evidence of established horticultural use but does not constitute formal registration under the ICNCP.

Trade designation: No trade designation separate from the cultivar epithet has been identified in any primary record examined. The name Calathea majestica 'Roseolineata' continues to appear in horticultural use as a synonym reflecting the pre-2012 taxonomy, and the BGCI Plant Search database records the cultivar under that synonym [2].

Patent denomination: No plant patent has been located for 'Roseolineata'. No patent denomination has been established for this cultivar.

Origin

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

No breeder name, parentage, derivation, year of establishment, or place of first propagation is recorded in any primary source examined. The BGCI Plant Search database entry, which aggregates holdings from botanic gardens across multiple countries, carries no originator or date data for this cultivar [2]. The cultivar epithet 'Roseolineata' is descriptive rather than commemorative and does not by itself indicate an originator or institution [1]. Limited public data available; further research needed.

Registration and Intellectual Property

No International Cultivar Registration Authority has been appointed for Marantaceae. The International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) appoints ICRAs under the ICNCP, and its Commission on Cultivar Registration maintains the list of all current appointments [3]. Marantaceae does not appear in that list. As a practical consequence, there is no formal register against which the epithet 'Roseolineata' can be verified or confirmed as non-duplicated.

For comparison, the International Aroid Society serves as the appointed ICRA for Araceae (with the exception of Calla L. and Zantedeschia Spreng.), demonstrating that cultivar registration frameworks exist for related monocot families [4]. No equivalent appointment has been made for Marantaceae.

No plant patent has been filed or granted for 'Roseolineata'. The cultivar therefore carries no patent-term protection. The BGCI Plant Search database records the cultivar as held in five botanic garden collections worldwide [2], which provides evidence of stable institutional establishment but does not constitute registration under the ICNCP.

Documentation

The primary sources for this cultivar are the NC State University Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox, which records a description of the cultivar's foliar characteristics and notes its distinction from 'Albolineata' [1], and the BGCI Plant Search database, which records the cultivar as held in five botanic garden collections under the synonym Calathea majestica 'Roseolineata' [2].

No published protologue or formal cultivar description establishing the epithet 'Roseolineata' has been located in peer-reviewed literature. No peer-reviewed horticultural study or botanic garden monograph examining the cultivar's propagation method or cultivar stability in controlled conditions has been located. 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 majestica 'Roseolineata' is a cultivar of the accepted species Goeppertia majestica (Linden) Borchs. & S.Suárez (Marantaceae), distinguished by dark green leaves bearing thin pink lines radiating from the midrib that tend to become white with age. No originator is documented. The cultivar name is recorded across five botanic garden collections worldwide by the Botanic Gardens Conservation International Plant Search database.

Genus
Goeppertia
Species
majestica
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
Roseolineata 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. Goeppertia majestica (Majestic Prayer Plant, White Star Plant). North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. North Carolina State University. (n.d.). NC State University Cooperative Extension. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/goeppertia-majestica/ Accessed 2026-08-14.
  2. Calathea majestica 'Roseolineata'. BGCI Plant Search. Botanic Gardens Conservation International. (n.d.). Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). https://tools.bgci.org/plant_details.php?plantID=336583 Accessed 2026-08-14.
  3. Cultivar Registration. ISHS Commission Cultivar Registration. International Society for Horticultural Science. (n.d.). International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). https://ishs.org/scientific-structure/cmnr-cultivar-registration/ Accessed 2026-08-14.
  4. About. International Aroid Society Cultivar Register. (n.d.). International Aroid Society. https://www.aroidcultivars.org/about Accessed 2026-08-14.

DIGITAL TOWNS REGISTRY · PLANTS · REVIEWED 2026-08-14