Latitudinal range: -22.4° to 18.5°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (16), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2)

Found in 18 samples

Bolivia: Buena Vista (BV), Santa Fe (SF)

Brazil: Fazenda Boa Fé, Igapó, Fazenda Dois de Julho, O Deserto (terra firme), O Deserto (várzea forest), John Kennedy Forest, Linha MC-2 (hectare V), Peixe-Boi

Costa Rica: Bosque Humedo

Guyana: Moraballi Creek Sample Plot II, Moraballi Creek Sample Plot III, Moraballi Creek Sample Plot IV, Moraballi Creek Sample Plot V

Mexico: Los Tuxtlas

Trinidad and Tobago: Mayaro, Crappo-Guatecare

See also Rheedia acuminata, Rheedia benthamiana, Rheedia brasiliensis, Rheedia calyptrata, Rheedia edulis, Rheedia gardneriana, Rheedia macrophylla, Rheedia sp., Rheedia sp. \"Bacuri\"