Heliconia, Croat98851--Ecuador. Zam. Ch. Rio Wawaime V. V d Quime. 20 Sep 07. 043.jpg
Native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe (Zamora Canton)
-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.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Heliconiaceae
Genus
Heliconia
Specific Epithet
vellerigera
Authorship
Poepp.
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%
