Sampled Red List Index Flora of Peru
Lepanthes applanata
This orchid is only known from a collection made near Tingo Maria in the Huánuco Region in Peru.
Acianthera saundersiana
Range Countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Peru.
Wide range across South America. Known to occur in southern-eastern and northern Brazil, central Bolivia and northern Peru, and may also exist in Costa Rica, Colombia and Argentina.
Acianthera scalpricaulis
Range Countries: Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Ecuador (Ecuador (mainland)); Peru.
This species is known from Ecuador and two collections from Bolivia. No collections of this species are known from Peru, however it is listed by Zelenko and Bermudez (2009) as one of the orchid species of this country.
Acianthera tokachii
This species is only known from the type specimen, found in 1993 near Pomacochas in Bongara, Amazonas,Peru. The specimen was collected from an area well-surveyed for Orchidaceae, which could mean that it represents just one population, since no others have been found.
Altensteinia longispicata
Endemic to Peru.
Collected originally at the border of Ancash/Huánuco border (in the Marañón basin) and then later confirmed for the western side of the Santa valley.
It has been recorded in the 88 km Inca Trail to Machu Picchu and at Cuzco. It could be present in neighbouring sites where suitable habitat is present.
It has also been collected in Santiago de Chuco.
It is ...more ↓
Brachionidium phalangiferum
Range Countries: Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of.
Native from northeastern Colombia to northwestern Venezuela. One collection has been made from Peru, however the presence within Peru has never been reconfirmed by a subsequent collection.
The one collection of this species from Peru was made in 1956 in what is now the country's largest national park, the 1.5 ...more ↓
Campylocentrum tyrridion
Range Countries:
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Peru (South America)
Venezuela (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Tillandsia rhomboidea
Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca), Panama, Peru, Venezuela and Bolivarian.
Vriesea heliconioides
Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.
Ligeophila stigmatoptera
Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Colombia; French Guiana; Guyana; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of.
Lueddemannia pescatorei
Peru – has been found in the Peruvian Yungas
Colombia; Ecuador; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Masdevallia atahualpa
Endemic to Peru. Found in the Amazonas Province in Northern Peru. Only two specimen collections were found both from the southern part of the Province in the Leimebamba-Balsas and Chachapoyas Districts.
Mormolyca acutifolia
Peru; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Guadeloupe; Honduras; Mexico; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Oncidium lancifolium
Peru – one specimen has been found
Colombia; Ecuador; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Catasetum barbatum
Range Countries: Trinidad, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Peru.
This species is known from ca 30 localities. The taxon is reported to be not common in Suriname but locally common in Amazonas and Central Brazil (da Rocha and da Silva 2001, Gomes et al. 2006)
Epidendrum geminiflorum
Northern and western South America Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of.
Epidendrum microphyllum
Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Colombia (Colombia (mainland)); Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Panama; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of.
Phragmipedium lindenii
Peru - New records have recently been found in Peru, which represents a large range extension
Colombia; Ecuador; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Iriartea deltoidea
Iriartea is a genus in the palm family Arecaceae, native to Central and South America. The best-known species – and probably the only one – is Iriartea deltoidea, which is found from Nicaragua south into Bolivia and a great portion of Western Amazonian basin. It is the most common tree in many forests in which it occurs. It is known by such names as ...more ↓
Itaya amicorum
Itaya amicorum is a medium-sized fan palm that is native to Brazil, Colombia and Peru. The only species in the genus Itaya, it was unknown to science until 1972.
Anthurium lingua
Anthurium lingua is a species of plant in the Araceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Sauroglossum nitidum
Sauroglossum nitidum has a wide native range and is said to occur in Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and northern Argentina, although specimens have also been found in Peru, but not from Colombia. It occurs across a wide range of altitudes, from approximately 600 to 3,800 m.
Acroceras zizanioides
Argentina; Belize; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Cameroon; Colombia; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Costa Rica; Côte d'Ivoire; Cuba; Dominica; Ecuador; Ethiopia; French Guiana; Gabon; Ghana; Guatemala; Guinea; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Liberia; Mexico; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay; Peru; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Sudan; ...more ↓
Scaphyglottis sickii
Scaphyglottis sickii has a wide distribution from Grenada to Peru and central and eastern Brazil.
Includes: the Windward Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, Surinam, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.
zacate barbón
Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Colombia (Colombia (mainland)); Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras (Honduras (mainland)); Mexico (Chihuahua, Guadalupe I., Nayarit, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatán, Zacatecas); Panama; Peru; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (Venezuela (mainland))
Homolepis aturensis
Belize; Bolivia, Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela.
bambú
Bahamas; Brazil; Cayman Islands; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Trinidad and Tobago; United States (Florida); Venezuela, Bolivia.
Gorgonidium intermedium
Peru
This species is known only from areas along the Urubamba River, Cusco, Peru. Found in two protected areas: Manu National Park (and Biosphere Reserve) and the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu.
Paspalum repens
Paspalum is a genus of the grass family (Poaceae). Commonly known as paspalums, bahiagrasses, or dallis grasses, most are tall perennial New World grasses. They are warm-season C4 grasses and are most diverse in subtropical and tropical regions.
Gymnosiphon suaveolens
Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Xanthosoma hylaeae
Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru.
This species is found in western South America from Colombia to Bolivia and in northern Brazil.
Pharus latifolius
Belize; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; Puerto Rico; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela, Bolivia.
Annual meadow grass
Poa annua, or annual meadow grass (known in America more commonly as annual bluegrass or simply poa), is a widespread low-growing turfgrass in temperate climates. Though P. annua is commonly considered a solely annual plant due to its name, perennial bio-types do exist. 'Poa' is Greek for fodder. It is one of the sweetest grasses for green fodder, but ...more ↓
Sacciolepis angustissima
Bolivia, Brazil; Colombia; French Guiana; Guyana; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela
tallo azul
Angola (Angola); Bangladesh; Belize; Benin; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; China; Colombia; Comoros; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Costa Rica; Côte d'Ivoire; Cuba; Dominica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Ethiopia; French Guiana; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; ...more ↓
Marsh Bristlegrass
Setaria parviflora is a species of grass known by the common names marsh bristlegrass, bristly foxtail, knotroot bristlegrass, and yellow bristlegrass. It is native to North America, including Mexico and the United States from California to the East Coast, Central America and the West Indies, and South America.
box-katsin
Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Bolivia, Brazil; Colombia, Costa Rica; Dominica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Jamaica; Mexico; Montserrat; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; Puerto Rico; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.
Aeschynomene brasiliana
Argentina; Belize; Bolivia, Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela, Bolivia
Bauhinia cupreonitens
Brazil (Acre, Acre, Amazonas, Amazonas, Bahia, Bahia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Norte, Roraima, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina); Peru
Bauhinia forficata
Bauhinia forficata, commonly known as Brazilian orchid tree,Pata de Vaca, is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to Brazil and Peru.
Centrosema macrocarpum
Nicaragua, Brazil, Panama, Colombia, Bolivia, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Peru and Mexico (Chiapas).
Chamaecrista absus
Very large geographical distribution, that includes North and South America, tropical Africa, southern Asia and Australasia
