Arundina graminifolia--Costa Rica. San Jose-Sto. Domingo. Hotel Bougainvillea. 1 Mch 02. 001.jpg
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.
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
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
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
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Arundina
Specific Epithet
graminifolia
Authorship
(D.Don) Hochr.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 18.2
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.6
Global rank
#20,417 of 335,497
Top 7%
Extinction probability
10%
