Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
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
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Heliconiaceae
Genus
Heliconia
Specific Epithet
pogonantha
Authorship
Cufod.
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
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#111,585 of 335,497
Top 34%
Extinction probability
10%