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Guacamaya superba

Guacamaya superba
Photo: Mateo FERNÁNDEZ LUCERO Dep Ciencias Biológicas - Universidad de los Andes Bogotá, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Rapateaceae (Rapate family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SE. Colombia to SW. Venezuela
Climate
wet tropical

About

Guacamaya is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1931.

The only known species is Guacamaya superba, native to the Río Guainía region along the border of Colombia (Vaupés and Guainía) and Venezuela (Amazonas).

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Guacamaya superba by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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