Native to Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, 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

Vasquez, Ro 35037

November 19, 2008

Location

Peru, Loreto, Loreto (Nauta)

-4.456389, -74.078333

Location Remarks

Dist. Nauta. Caserio Miraflores en la boca del Río Tigre. Remanente de bosque primario en terraza alta. 132 m elev.

Collectors

Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, R. Rojas, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Hierba 0.70 m; flores amarillas, brácteas verdes.

Tepe, E 543

March 14, 2002

Location

French Guiana, French Guiana (Roura)

4.558556, -52.463417

Location Remarks

Vicinity of Emerald Jungle Village

Collectors

Eric J. Tepe

Notes

Hierba 0.70 m; flores amarillas, brácteas verdes.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Rapateaceae

Genus

Rapatea

Specific Epithet

paludosa

Authorship

Aubl.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

#266,818 of 335,497

Top 80%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →