Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela; introduced into Bermuda, Caroline Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, 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 93293

August 9, 2004

Location

Ecuador, Bolivar

-1.456944, -79.2275

Location Remarks

Vicinity of Echiandia, along road between Echiandia and Santa Lucia; 2.7 km W of Santa Lucia. 851 m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson

Notes

Terrestrial; petioles to 3 m long; blades to ca. 1 m wide; spathe green, unopened; spadix green, post-anthesis

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Pandanales

Family

Cyclanthaceae

Genus

Carludovica

Specific Epithet

palmata

Authorship

Ruiz & Pav.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.3

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

#251,088 of 335,497

Top 75%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →