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Taxon

Heliconia pogonantha Cufod.

Protologue Arch. Bot. Sist. 9: 191. 1933IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Heliconia pogonantha cf--Costa Rica. Limon. Costa Flores. 28 Feb 02. 001.jpg

Heliconia pogonantha cf--Costa Rica. Limon. Costa Flores. 28 Feb 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heliconia pogonantha cf--Costa Rica. Limon. Costa Flores. 28 Feb 02. 002.jpg

Heliconia pogonantha cf--Costa Rica. Limon. Costa Flores. 28 Feb 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Heliconiaceae

Genus

Heliconia

Species

pogonantha

Taxonomic opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Distribution

Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

February 28, 2002

Location

Costa Rica, Limon (Guácimo Canton, Costa Flores)

10.235556, -83.683056

Location Remarks

Guápiles. 3.5 km north of Guácimo on road to Río Jim‚nez.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#111,585 of 335,497

Top 34%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →