Native to 60 botanical countries across Africa, Northern America, and Southern America; introduced into Hawaii (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

April 2, 2003

Location

Costa Rica, Guanacaste

10.345, -85.338889

Location Remarks

Palo Verde Biological Station. Trail to Mirador "La Roca".

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

No collection number

March 10, 2008

Location

Thailand, Pathum Thani (Queen Sirikit Arboretum Garden)

Location Remarks

On the Asian Institute of Technology Campus in Pathumthani, 42 km north of Bangkok.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Marantaceae

Genus

Thalia

Specific Epithet

geniculata

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.7

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#187,599 of 335,497

Top 56%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →