Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. (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

Not collected.

April 19, 2008

Location

Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Osa (Osa Canton, Puerto Cortés)

9.0205, -83.497583

Location Remarks

Cuenca Terraba-Sierpe. Entre Palmar Norte y Ciudad Cortés, camino localmente conocido como Cuesta del Burro que sube a Fila Retinto, 9 km de la entrada. 800-900 m elev.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Marantaceae

Genus

Calathea

Specific Epithet

lutea

Authorship

(Aubl.) E.Mey. ex Schult.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.9

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

#188,343 of 335,497

Top 57%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →