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poeppigiana

Taxon

Calyptrocarya poeppigiana Kunth

Protologue Enum. Pl. 2: 364. 1837 [1-6 May 1837]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Calyptrocarya poeppigiana, JSmith4212--Fr. Guiana. Matoury Mts, near Cayenne. 21 Mch 02. 002.jpg

Calyptrocarya poeppigiana, JSmith4212--Fr. Guiana. Matoury Mts, near Cayenne. 21 Mch 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Calyptrocarya poeppigiana, JSmith4212--Fr. Guiana. Matoury Mts, near Cayenne. 21 Mch 02. 001.jpg

Calyptrocarya poeppigiana, JSmith4212--Fr. Guiana. Matoury Mts, near Cayenne. 21 Mch 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela (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

Smith, J. F 4212

March 21, 2002

Location

French Guiana, French Guiana (Roura)

4.558556, -52.463417

Location Remarks

Vicinity of Emerald Jungle Village

Collectors

James F. Smith, Eric J. Tepe, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Joep Moonen

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Cyperaceae

Genus

Calyptrocarya

Specific Epithet

poeppigiana

Authorship

Kunth

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 9.0

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

0.9

Global rank

#51,179 of 335,497

Top 16%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →