Philodendron ruizii--Peru. Edo. Cuzco. Jard. Bot. at Machu Picchu. 27 Oct 05. 030.jpg
Native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
Peru, Cusco (Jardin Botanico at Machu Picchu)
Location Remarks
South side of the bridge over Rio Urubamba, beginning of Carretera Hiram Bingham.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Philodendron
Specific Epithet
ruizii
Authorship
Schott
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 27.1
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.8
Global rank
#8,789 of 335,497
Top 3%
Extinction probability
11%
