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graminifolia

Taxon

Arundina graminifolia (D.Don) Hochr.

Protologue Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 270. 1910BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. San Jose-Sto. Domingo.  Hotel Bougainvillea. 1 Mch 02. 001.jpg

Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. San Jose-Sto. Domingo. Hotel Bougainvillea. 1 Mch 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. San Jose-Sto. Domingo.  Hotel Bougainvillea. 1 Mch 02. 002.jpg

Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. San Jose-Sto. Domingo. Hotel Bougainvillea. 1 Mch 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose-Sto. Domingo. 31 Oct 05. 019.jpg

Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose-Sto. Domingo. 31 Oct 05. 019.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose-Sto. Domingo. 31 Oct 05. 022.jpg

Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose-Sto. Domingo. 31 Oct 05. 022.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose-Sto. Domingo. 31 Oct 05. 020.jpg

Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose-Sto. Domingo. 31 Oct 05. 020.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose-Sto. Domingo. 31 Oct 05. 018.jpg

Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose-Sto. Domingo. 31 Oct 05. 018.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose-Sto. Domingo. 31 Oct 05. 021.jpg

Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose-Sto. Domingo. 31 Oct 05. 021.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose-Sto. Domingo. 31 Oct 05. 015.jpg

Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose-Sto. Domingo. 31 Oct 05. 015.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose-Sto. Domingo. 31 Oct 05. 016.jpg

Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose-Sto. Domingo. 31 Oct 05. 016.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose-Sto. Domingo. 31 Oct 05. 017.jpg

Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose-Sto. Domingo. 31 Oct 05. 017.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam; introduced into Costa Rica, El Salvador, Fiji, Hawaii, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Marianas, Mauritius, New Guinea, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

October 31, 2005

Location

Costa Rica, San José (Vázquez de Coronado Canton, Dulce Nombre de Jesús)

10.136111, -83.971944

Location Remarks

Puntar Los Charcos de Osa

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

October 31, 2005

Location

Tanzania, Mbeya, Mbeya (Mshewe, Hotel Bougainvillea)

-8.8275, 33.263889

Location Remarks

Pungaluma Hills, NE of Mshewe Village, above Utengule Coffee Estate factory in miombo woodland on W-facing slope. 1500 m elev.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

March 1, 2002

Location

Tanzania, Mbeya, Mbeya (Mshewe, Hotel Bougainvillea)

-8.8275, 33.263889

Location Remarks

Pungaluma Hills, NE of Mshewe Village, above Utengule Coffee Estate factory in miombo woodland on W-facing slope. 1500 m elev.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Arundina

Specific Epithet

graminifolia

Authorship

(D.Don) Hochr.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 18.2

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.6

Global rank

#20,417 of 335,497

Top 7%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →