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Taxon

Goeppertia metallica (Planch. & Linden) Borchs. & S.Suárez

Protologue Syst. Bot. 37(3): 632. 2012 [25 Jun 2012]IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Calathea metallica, Croat94455--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 10 Feb 05. 052.jpg

Calathea metallica, Croat94455--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 10 Feb 05. 052.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Calathea metallica, Croat94455--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 10 Feb 05. 055.jpg

Calathea metallica, Croat94455--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 10 Feb 05. 055.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Calathea metallica, Croat94455--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 10 Feb 05. 046.jpg

Calathea metallica, Croat94455--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 10 Feb 05. 046.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Calathea metallica, Croat94455--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 10 Feb 05. 048.jpg

Calathea metallica, Croat94455--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 10 Feb 05. 048.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Calathea metallica, Croat94455--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 10 Feb 05.047.jpg

Calathea metallica, Croat94455--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 10 Feb 05.047.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Calathea metallica, Croat94455--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 10 Feb 05. 054.jpg

Calathea metallica, Croat94455--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 10 Feb 05. 054.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Calathea metallica, Croat94455--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 10 Feb 05. 051.jpg

Calathea metallica, Croat94455--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 10 Feb 05. 051.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Calathea metallica, Croat94455--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 10 Feb 05. 053.jpg

Calathea metallica, Croat94455--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 10 Feb 05. 053.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru (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

Croat, T 94455

February 10, 2005

Location

Ecuador, Pichincha (Quito)

0.021944, -78.746944

Location Remarks

Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Marantaceae

Genus

Goeppertia

Specific Epithet

metallica

Authorship

(Planch. & Linden) Borchs. & S.Suárez

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.3

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

#166,892 of 335,497

Top 50%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →