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Taxon

Heliconia juruana Loes.

Protologue Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54(1, Beibl. 117): 7, fig. 1916 [26 Apr 1916]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Heliconia juruana, R. Vasquez 34617--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 633 (3).jpg

Heliconia juruana, R. Vasquez 34617--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 633 (3).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heliconia juruana, R. Vasquez 34617--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 633 (1).jpg

Heliconia juruana, R. Vasquez 34617--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 633 (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heliconia juruana, R. Vasquez 34617--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 633.jpg

Heliconia juruana, R. Vasquez 34617--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 633.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heliconia juruana, R. Vasquez 34617--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 633 (2).jpg

Heliconia juruana, R. Vasquez 34617--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 633 (2).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru (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

Vasquez, Ro 34617

November 6, 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, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, R. Rojas, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, F. Díaz, Antonio Peña Cruz

Notes

Hierba, hojas 2.5 m, inflorescencias hasta 2 m; flores verdes, brácteas rojas.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Heliconiaceae

Genus

Heliconia

Specific Epithet

juruana

Authorship

Loes.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.2

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

0.4

Global rank

#112,138 of 335,497

Top 34%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →