Native to Brazil North, Colombia, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.; introduced into Hawaii, Jamaica, Thailand (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

No collection number

March 11, 2002

Location

French Guiana, French Guiana (Roura)

4.558556, -52.463417

Location Remarks

Vicinity of Emerald Jungle Village

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Heliconiaceae

Genus

Heliconia

Specific Epithet

bihai

Authorship

(L.) L.

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

#113,653 of 335,497

Top 34%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →