Latitudinal range: -29.9° to 18.5°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (8), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1)

Found in 9 samples

Brazil: Maracá Island, Boa Ventura do São Roque, Parque Ambiental Souza Cruz (referência)

Ecuador: Volcán Pasochoa

Mexico: Los Tuxtlas

Panama: Agua Salud, Barro Colorado Island

Peru: Santa Teresa

Trinidad and Tobago: Crappo-Guatecare

See also Aegiphila costaricensis, Aegiphila ferruginea, Aegiphila integrifolia, Aegiphila iutegrifolia, Aegiphila panamensis, Aegiphila sp.