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
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.
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 Vásquez Martínez, R. Pinedo
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Ctenophora
Class
Tentaculata
Order
Lobata
Family
Leucotheidae
Genus
Eucharis