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Native to Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Peru, Amazonas, Bagua (Imaza District)
-5.265556, -78.368611
Location Remarks
Chiriaco, Cerro Tayu. 525 m elev.
Collectors
Henk van der Werff, R. Rojas, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Ricardo Apanu, Alcides Roca
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Pandanales
Family
Triuridaceae
Genus
Sciaphila
Specific Epithet
purpurea
Authorship
Benth.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 13.7
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.2
Global rank
#32,552 of 335,497
Top 10%
Extinction probability
11%
