Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Smith, J. F 4146

March 16, 2002

Location

French Guiana, French Guiana (Roura)

4.558556, -52.463417

Location Remarks

Vicinity of Emerald Jungle Village

Collectors

James F. Smith

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Gentianaceae

Genus

Chelonanthus

Specific Epithet

purpurascens

Authorship

(Aubl.) Struwe, Nilsson & Albert

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#275,940 of 335,497

Top 83%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →