Heliconia vellerigera Poepp. belongs to the Heliconiaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Croat T.B., et al. 98851

September 20, 2007

Location

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe

-3.973694, -79.077333

Location Remarks

Vía Loja-Zamora, Estación Cientifica San Francisco, sendero zig-zag, camino canal y Q2. 1862 m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

3 m tall; inflorescence pendent; bracts distichous densely velutinous; corolla yellow.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Heliconiaceae

Genus

Heliconia

Specific Epithet

vellerigera

Authorship

Poepp.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.5

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

#112,616 of 335,497

Top 34%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →