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

Vasquez, Ro 32969

October 29, 2007

Location

Peru, Cusco, Paucartambo (Kosnipata)

-12.876389, -71.408889

Location Remarks

Quebrada Piñi Piñi. Bosque secundario en una trocha de extracción de madera.

Collectors

Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Jim Farfán Vargas, Efraín Suclli, Antonio Peña Cruz

Notes

Palma 4 m; frutos amarillentos, raquis rojizo.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Arecales

Family

Arecaceae

Genus

Hyospathe

Specific Epithet

elegans

Authorship

Mart.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.3

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

0.3

Global rank

#151,678 of 335,497

Top 46%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →