Goeppertia curaraya
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Goeppertia curaraya faces severe pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion throughout its limited range in the Amazon basin. Mining activities and infrastructure development have fragmented its forest habitat, while climate change threatens to alter the humid conditions essential for this understory species. The species' restricted distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to localized habitat destruction.
Habitat
This species inhabits the humid understory of lowland tropical rainforests in the Amazon basin, typically growing in shaded areas with consistent moisture levels. It prefers well-drained soils in primary and secondary forest environments at elevations below 500 meters.