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Occurrence
Near Threatened

No record number

February 21, 2002

Costa Rica

This occurrence of Costus glaucus Maas was collected on February 21, 2002 in Costa Rica. Flora of the World includes 2 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Costus glaucus--Costa Rica.  INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 002.jpg

Costus glaucus--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 002.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Costaceae

Genus

Costus

Specific Epithet

glaucus

Authorship

Maas

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Near Threatened

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#236,589 of 335,497

Top 71%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →