Goeppertia latifolia explained

Goeppertia latifolia is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae. Its native range is Panama to Ecuador and Trinidad.[1] It is used as a food and medicine. Prehistoric Lucayan migrants to the Bahamas brought Goeppertia latifolia with them from their ancestral homelands.[2] The flowers of Goeppertia latifolia do not open spontaneously.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024 . Goeppertia latifolia (Willd. ex Link) Borchs. & S.Suárez . 2024-08-31 . Plants of the World Online . . en.
  2. Berman . Mary Jane . Pearsall . Deborah M. . Crop Dispersal and Lucayan Tool Use: Investigating the Creation of Transported Landscapes in the Central Bahamas through Starch Grain, Phytolith, Macrobotanical, and Artifact Studies . Journal of Field Archaeology . 2020 . 45 . 5 . 355-371 . 10.1080/00934690.2020.1740958.
  3. Web site: Calathea latifolia Klotzsch . Panama Biodiversity Portal . Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute . 31 August 2024.

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