Latitudinal range: -23.4° to 9.2°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (8), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3)

Found in 11 samples

Bolivia: Santa Fe (SF)

Brazil: Fazenda Dois de Julho, John Kennedy Forest, Parque Natural Municipal do Curió, Núcleo Picinguaba (2 m), Linha MA-9 (hectare III)

Panama: Cerro Pelado-Gamboa, Agua Salud, Gatun Lake Islands, Barro Colorado Island

Peru: Tambopata River (without bamboo)

See also Lacistema aggregatum, Lacistema grandiflora, Lacistema macbridei, Lacistema pubescens, Lacistema robustum