Distribution : "understory of lowland forests (“terra firme” forests) of Eastern Amazon in Brazil (states of Amapá, Maranhão and Pará) and French Guiana (Fig. 4). Most known collections are from the state of Pará in Brazil, which might suggest this region is its center of diversity" (Almeida & Hall
2016;
GBIF).
Type : Guyane française ["Cayenne"], s.d., J. Martin s.n. (LT:
P00671745 [ex hb. Juss. 11504; lectotype désigné par R.F. Almeida
et al., PhytoKeys, 242:
88. 22/05/2024]; ILT: BR0000008577450, V0062669F, K000427026, MICH1102137,
P02428718 [cité comme holotype par Almeida & Hall 2016],
P02428719,
P02428720,
P02428721 [ex hb. Baill.], RB540728).