Native to Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela (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

Vasquez, Ro 31422

October 11, 2006

Location

Peru, Pasco, Oxapampa (Palcazu)

-10.337778, -75.251944

Location Remarks

Dist. Palcazú, Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillen. Estación Biológica Paujil, camino hacia pozo tigre. Bosque primario sobre suelo de arenisca. 850 m elev.

Collectors

Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Bosque esclerofilo, sobre suelo de arenisca. Hierba arrosetada, flores blancas.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Eriocaulaceae

Genus

Leiothrix

Specific Epithet

flavescens

Authorship

(Bong.) Ruhland

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.7

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

0.1

Global rank

#278,562 of 335,497

Top 84%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →