Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panamá, Peru; introduced into Ascension, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Puerto Rico, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Peru, Madre de Dios, Tambopata (Las Piedras)
-12.483333, -68.813333
Location Remarks
Dist. Las Piedras, Lago Valencia. Bosque Ribereño.
Collectors
Jim Farfán Vargas, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez, R. Pinedo
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
Notes
Terrestrial; bulbous herb to 50 cm tall; flowers white, base of staminal tube yellow.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Ctenophora
Class
Tentaculata
Order
Lobata
Family
Leucotheidae
Genus
Eucharis