Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Apolo)
-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, Paola Gismondi, Tatiana B. Miranda
Notes
Arbolito 4,5 m; frutos maduros negros.
Location
Peru, Madre de Dios, Tambopata (Las Piedras)
-12.483333, -68.813333
Location Remarks
Dist. Las Piedras, Lago Valencia. Bosque Ribereño.
Collectors
Jim Farfán Vargas, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Myrcia
Specific Epithet
neospeciosa
Authorship
A.R.Lourenço & E.Lucas
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 16.6
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.7
Global rank
#62,587 of 335,497
Top 19%
Extinction probability
5%