Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela; introduced into Cuba, Puerto Rico (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Peru, Madre de Dios, Tambopata
-12.483333, -68.813333
Location Remarks
Dist. Las Piedras, Lago Valencia. Bosque Ribereño.
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Heliconiaceae
Genus
Heliconia
Specific Epithet
stricta
Authorship
Huber
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 7.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.7
Global rank
#66,332 of 335,497
Top 20%
Extinction probability
11%