Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Solomon Is., Vanuatu; introduced into Assam, Bangladesh, Caroline Is., Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Ecuador, Fiji, Hawaii, Leeward Is., Mexico Southwest, Peru, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Vietnam, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
Costa Rica, Cartago (Hotel Casa Turire)
Location Remarks
Hotal Casa Turire, Orosi Valley, town of La Suiza, SE of Turrialba
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Zingiberaceae
Genus
Alpinia
Specific Epithet
purpurata
Authorship
(Vieill.) K.Schum.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#166,735 of 335,497
Top 50%
Extinction probability
10%