Cordillera del Cóndor. Summit area of sandstone plateau, a western spur of the Cóndor, Contrafuerte Tres Patines, south of Río Tundayme, above the military road to Cóndor Mirador. Dense, wet dwarf forest and low shrubby vegetation. 1680 m elev.

Collectors

David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Terrestrial rosette-herb, in shaded forest understory. Leaves with spines on margins. Floral bracts bright red.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Bromeliaceae

Genus

Ronnbergia

Specific Epithet

veitchii

Authorship

(Baker) Aguirre-Santoro

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.5

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

0.3

Global rank

#164,510 of 335,497

Top 50%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Aechmea veitchii Baker

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy