Group: Monocot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, lower, C, 45A

Authors:

Kress, Walter John Emil

Published In: Brittonia 43(4): 255. 1991[1992]. (Brittonia)

Type-Protologue

Locality: Ecuador: Imbabura: 10 km from Cachaco on the road to San Martín, understory of primary cloud forest, 1100 m, 28 Oct 1989

Collector and Number: W. J. Kress, C. s. Roesel, H. E. Luther & G. K. Brown 89-2941

Distribution: Endemic to Ecuador

Institution(s): HT: QCA; IT: AAU, GB, QCNE, US

Type Specimens

• HT: W. J. Kress et al. 89-2941; 28 Oct 1989; Ecuador: Imbabura: 1100 m @CEC@

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Lilianae Takht.
• order:  Zingiberales Griseb.
• family:  Heliconiaceae Nakai
• genus:  !Heliconia L.

Conservation Status:

• VU D2 - Vulnerable - Global
  • Reference Valencia Reyes, R., N. C. A. Pitman, S. León-Yánez & P. M. Jørgensen. 2000. Libro Rojo Pl. Endémic. Ecuador 2000 i–v, 1–489. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito.
  • Conservation System IUCN. 2001. IUCN Red List Categ. Crit. v. 3.1 ii, 1–30. IUCN, Gland.
• VU D2 - Vulnerable - Global
  • Reference León Yánez, S., R. Valencia Reyes, N. C. A. Pitman, L. Endara, C. Ulloa Ulloa & H. Navarrete. 2011. Libro Rojo Pl. Endémic. Ecuador, 2 ed. 1–957. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito.
  • Conservation System IUCN. 2001. IUCN Red List Categ. Crit. v. 3.1 ii, 1–30. IUCN, Gland.

Projects: Ecuador , VPA

Keywords: CEC