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

GOEPPERTIA

Goeppertia roseopicta 'Rosy'

A named parental line of Goeppertia roseopicta documented in U.S. Plant Patent PP20061, with no independent patent or registration on record.

Overview

The cultivar epithet 'Rosy' is applied to a selection within Goeppertia roseopicta (Linden ex Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez, the accepted botanical name for the parent species as recorded by Plants of the World Online [1]. The species is one of approximately 260 accepted species in Goeppertia Nees, the largest genus in Marantaceae, as circumscribed by Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince in 2012 [2]. Plants of the World Online records the native range as western South America to western Brazil, encompassing Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, in the wet tropical biome [1]. The Missouri Botanical Garden describes the species as noted for its variegated leaves and cultivated in shaded outdoor settings in wet tropical and subtropical regions as an ornamental foliage plant [4].

Names

Registered epithet. The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants requires that a cultivar epithet be enclosed in single quotation marks and not italicised, yielding the correct written form 'Rosy'. No International Cultivar Registration Authority has been appointed for Marantaceae [2], so no formal registration record or deposited description exists for this epithet with any appointed authority.

Trade designation. No trade designation distinct from the cultivar epithet 'Rosy' has been located in any authoritative source. U.S. Plant Patent PP20061 does not introduce or establish a trade designation for this cultivar, and it is not possible to attribute one on the basis of that record [3].

Patent denomination. U.S. Plant Patent PP20061 identifies the male parent of the hybrid cultivar 'TWYCA0026' as Calathea roseopicta 'Rosy' [3]. This constitutes documentary evidence that the denomination was in use within a named breeding programme, but PP20061 covers the hybrid 'TWYCA0026' and does not extend protection to the parental line 'Rosy' [3]. No plant patent granted with 'Rosy' as the primary subject of protection has been located.

The species was long marketed under the synonym Calathea roseopicta (Linden ex Lem.) Regel, now treated as a synonym under the accepted name [1]. The accepted combination remains Goeppertia roseopicta (Linden ex Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez as recorded by POWO [1].

Origin

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

The earliest datable evidence for the denomination 'Rosy' in any primary record is its appearance as a parental line in U.S. Plant Patent PP20061 [3]. That patent records that the hybridization employing 'Rosy' as the pollen parent was carried out in October 1998 in Bogor, Indonesia [3], establishing that a plant bearing this denomination was in cultivation and available for controlled crosses by that date. The patent does not name an originator for 'Rosy', does not describe the circumstances of its selection or naming, and does not state where or when it was first developed [3].

Intellectual Property

No plant patent has been granted with 'Rosy' as the primary subject of protection. U.S. Plant Patent PP20061, granted on 9 June 2009, covers the hybrid cultivar 'TWYCA0026' and does not extend protection to the parental line 'Rosy' [3]. No patent term, assignee, filing date, or grant date is therefore applicable to 'Rosy' as a protected variety. Related selections derived from Goeppertia roseopicta are covered by other U.S. plant patents, including PP24257 ('Princess Jessie'), PP16028 ('Indri') and PP21978 ('HGV09'), confirming that the species was subject to active breeding programmes from the late 1990s onward [3].

Documentation and Research Gaps

The primary authoritative sources for this cultivar are limited in scope. Plants of the World Online provides the accepted taxonomic name and species-level data for Goeppertia roseopicta [1]. Borchsenius, Suárez and Prince published the combination at page 634 of their 2012 molecular phylogenetic revision in Systematic Botany volume 37, number 3, establishing the generic limits on which current taxonomy rests [2]. U.S. Plant Patent PP20061 is the only primary record in which the denomination 'Rosy' appears, and its relevance is indirect: 'Rosy' is mentioned as a parental plant, not as the subject of the grant [3].

No authoritative botanical garden publication, university extension document, or peer-reviewed source specifically describing the distinguishing traits or horticultural history of the cultivar 'Rosy' has been located. Limited authoritative sources available; further research needed.

No International Cultivar Registration Authority has been appointed for Marantaceae, so no formal registration process exists under which an independent description of 'Rosy' could have been deposited or validated [2]. Digital Towns is an applicant aggregator and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operating under any appointment from the International Society for Horticultural Science or any International Cultivar Registration Authority.

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 roseopicta 'Rosy' is a named cultivar of painted calathea (Marantaceae) recorded as the pollen parent in U.S. Plant Patent PP20061, which confirms the denomination was in use by October 1998. No originator is documented and no plant patent covers 'Rosy' as the primary subject of protection.

Genus
Goeppertia
Species
roseopicta
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
Rosy 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 roseopicta (Linden ex Lem.) Borchs. & S.Suárez. In: The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/ (n.d.). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60461319-2 Accessed 2026-08-14.
  2. Borchsenius, F., Suárez, L.S. & Prince, L.M. (2012). Molecular Phylogeny and Redefined Generic Limits of Calathea (Marantaceae). Systematic Botany 37(3): 620-635. (2012-01-01). American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Systematic Botany. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364412X648571 Accessed 2026-08-14.
  3. U.S. Plant Patent PP20061. Calathea plant named 'TWYCA0026'. Genus and species: Calathea loesenerii x Calathea roseopicta. United States Patent and Trademark Office. (n.d.). United States Patent and Trademark Office. https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/PP20061 Accessed 2026-08-14.
  4. Goeppertia roseopicta. Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder. Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.). Missouri Botanical Garden. https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=364366&isprofile=0&pt=8 Accessed 2026-08-14.

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