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librata

Taxon

Heliconia librata Griggs

Protologue Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 649. 1903BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Heliconia librata--Costa Rica. Wilson Garden. 25 Feb. 02. 001.jpg

Heliconia librata--Costa Rica. Wilson Garden. 25 Feb. 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Heliconia librata--Costa Rica. Wilson Garden. 25 Feb 02. 002.jpg

Heliconia librata--Costa Rica. Wilson Garden. 25 Feb 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

February 25, 2002

Location

Costa Rica, San José (Vázquez de Coronado Canton, Dulce Nombre de Jesús)

10.136111, -83.971944

Location Remarks

Puntar Los Charcos de Osa

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Heliconiaceae

Genus

Heliconia

Specific Epithet

librata

Authorship

Griggs

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.5

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

#124,201 of 335,497

Top 38%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →