Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 5 occurrences across 4 countries.
Ryania speciosa
var. minor
var. panamensis
var. subuliflora
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Identified as
Ryania speciosa var. subuliflora
Location
Brazil
Location Remarks
Para Oriximina-Obidos
Collectors
Identified as
Ryania speciosa var. minor
Location
Peru, Loreto, Maynas (San Juan)
-3.967222, -73.418889
Location Remarks
SW of Iquitos at Pina Negra. Trail SE of the road. Primary lowland rainforest. Heavy leaf litter over white sand.
Collectors
Location
Peru, Loreto, Loreto (Nauta)
-4.456389, -74.078333
Location Remarks
Dist. Nauta. Caserio Miraflores en la boca del Río Tigre. Remanente de bosque primario en terraza alta. 132 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, R. Rojas, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Arbolito 3 m; flores blancas.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza (Nangaritza Canton)
-4.313333, -78.661389
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor, "Area de Conservación Los Tepuyes". Along banks of the Río Nangaritza, in the sandstone-walled canyon between Miazi and Shaime. Dense wet forest and sandstone rock outcrops. 890 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Wilson Quizhpe
Notes
Tree 6 m tall, in forest understory. Fruits globose, dark red, with spongy texture.
Identified as
Ryania speciosa var. panamensis
Location
Costa Rica, Limon (Pococí Canton, Rita)
10.5, -83.78
Location Remarks
Hacienda La Suerte, NE of Guapiles.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, J. Donahue, Amy Kaminer, David J. Middleton, B. Rasnow
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Salicaceae
Genus
Ryania
Specific Epithet
speciosa
Authorship
Vahl
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 7.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#141,947 of 335,497
Top 43%
Extinction probability
6%