Native to Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Costa Rica, Heredia
10.146972, -83.946167
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Braulio Carillo. Roadside barrow near Rio Sucio, off main highway 32.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Costa Rica, Limon (Costa Flores)
10.235556, -83.683056
Location Remarks
Guápiles. 3.5 km north of Guácimo on road to Río Jim‚nez.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Bromeliaceae
Genus
Aechmea
Specific Epithet
mariae-reginae
Authorship
H.Wendl.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#221,323 of 335,497
Top 66%
Extinction probability
11%