Native to Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela; introduced into Jamaica, 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

Araujo Murakami, A 1184

November 27, 2004

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo

-14.423056, -67.923889

Location Remarks

Madidi, San Jose-Bala, Chalalan, senderos Anta, Tucan y Wabucuro, Bosque amazonico preandino, planicie con dominancia de Iriartea deltoidea, Socratea exhorriza, Otoba parvifolia, Pachira insignis, Quararibea witti y Celtis schippii. 350 m elev.

Collectors

Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, P. Gismondi, Tatiana B. Miranda

Notes

Hierba 1,5 m; flores rojas y frutos negro.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Heliconiaceae

Genus

Heliconia

Specific Epithet

hirsuta

Authorship

L.f.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

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

#132,624 of 335,497

Top 40%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →