Carludovica, Croat93293--Ecuador. Prov. Bolivar. Echeandia-Sta Lucia. 13 Aug 04. 005.jpg
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.
Location
Ecuador, Bolivar (Canton Echeandia)
-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
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Pandanales
Family
Cyclanthaceae
Genus
Carludovica
Specific Epithet
palmata
Authorship
Ruiz & Pav.
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
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#251,088 of 335,497
Top 75%
Extinction probability
6%
