Ctenanthe dasycarpa
Ctenanthe dasycarpa is a Marantaceae of wet Central American and Chocó forest, from Costa Rica through Panama to Colombia. It is well collected in Costa Rica. As an understory herb of very wet forest it needs warmth, shade and constantly moist, humid conditions.
Where it grows wild
It grows in the understory of wet lowland to lower-montane forest. Species-level microhabitat notes were not found, so this is inferred from the genus and the very high rainfall at its sites.
The Colombian catalogue gives 800–850 m. GBIF records run from 23 to 3275 m, with a median of 700 m across 281 records.
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