Native to Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela (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

Vasquez, Ro 34996

November 16, 2008

Location

Peru, Loreto, Loreto

-4.456389, -74.078333

Location Remarks

Dist. Nauta. Caserio Miraflores en la boca del Río Tigre. Remanente de bosque primario en terraza alta. 132 m elev.

Collectors

Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, R. Rojas, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, F. Díaz, Antonio Peña Cruz

Notes

Hierba palustre ca. 2 m; espádice marrón-verdosas.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Montrichardia

Specific Epithet

linifera

Authorship

(Arruda) Schott

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Very high

ED 61.0

Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

5.7

Global rank

#2,636 of 335,497

Top 0.8%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →