Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, 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

Croat, T 96181

March 20, 2006

Location

Ecuador, Guayas

-2.45, -79.6

Location Remarks

Reserva Ecológica Manglares Churute, Cerro Pancho Diablo, Sendero La Cascade. 180m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Culms 2+ m tall; flowers yellow.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Costaceae

Genus

Costus

Specific Epithet

villosissimus

Authorship

Jacq.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.0

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#263,932 of 335,497

Top 79%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →