Heliconia vellerigera Poepp. belongs to the Heliconiaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Heliconia, Croat98851--Ecuador. Zam. Ch. Rio Wawaime V. V d Quime. 20 Sep 07. 043.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Heliconiaceae
Genus
Heliconia
Specific Epithet
vellerigera
Authorship
Poepp.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#112,616 of 335,497
Top 34%
Extinction probability
10%
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.
