Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela; introduced into Hawaii (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

Croat, T 98898

January 1, 1900

Location

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe

-3.973694, -79.077333

Location Remarks

Vía Loja-Zamora, Estación Cientifica San Francisco, sendero zig-zag, camino canal y Q2. 1862 m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry

Notes

Terrestrial.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Epidendrum

Specific Epithet

calanthum

Authorship

Rchb.f. & Warsz.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.1

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

0.2

Global rank

#199,882 of 335,497

Top 60%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →