Monotagma, RVasquez35062--Peru. Loreto. Dto. Iquitos. Res. Allpahuayo-Mishana. 19 Nov 08. 144.jpg
Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Peru, Loreto, Loreto (Nauta)
-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, R. Rojas, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Hierba 0.90 m; flores blancas, brácteas verdes.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza (Nangaritza Canton)
-4.313333, -78.661389
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor, "Area de Conservación Los Tepuyes". Along banks of the Río Nangaritza, in the sandstone-walled canyon between Miazi and Shaime. Dense wet forest and sandstone rock outcrops. 890 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Wilson Quizhpe
Notes
Herb to 3 m tall. Flowers pink.
Location
Peru, Pasco, Oxapampa (Palcazu)
-10.337778, -75.251944
Location Remarks
Dist. Palcazú, Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillen. Estación Biológica Paujil, camino hacia pozo tigre. Bosque primario sobre suelo de arenisca. 850 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Antonio Peña Cruz, J. Mateo
Notes
Bosque primario sobre suelo de arenisca. Hierba 0.70 m, flores crema-anaranjado.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Marantaceae
Genus
Monotagma
Specific Epithet
laxum
Authorship
(Poepp. & Endl.) K.Schum.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 4.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#123,683 of 335,497
Top 37%
Extinction probability
11%
