Heliconia caribaea--Australia. Queensland. Cairns B. G. DSC09035 (88).JPG
Native to Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Windward Is.; introduced into Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
Australia, Queensland (Cairns Botanic Garden)
Location Remarks
Main entrance is off Collins Ave., Cairns
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Heliconiaceae
Genus
Heliconia
Specific Epithet
caribaea
Authorship
Lam.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#207,592 of 335,497
Top 62%
Extinction probability
10%
