Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Smith, J. F 4178

March 18, 2002

Location

French Guiana

4.558556, -52.463417

Location Remarks

Vicinity of Emerald Jungle Village

Collectors

No collectors specified

Farfan, J 829

October 22, 2005

Location

Peru, Madre de Dios

-12.606389, -69.081667

Location Remarks

Dist. Las Piedras, Fundo Concepción, Trocha Mango, Bosque secundario.

Collectors

Jim Farfán Vargas, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Cyperaceae

Genus

Diplasia

Specific Epithet

karatifolia

Authorship

Rich.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 13.7

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.1

Global rank

#38,994 of 335,497

Top 12%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →