Hammel, B 24646

Prosopanche costaricensis L.D.Goméz

April 10, 2008

Costa Rica

This occurrence of Prosopanche costaricensis L.D.Goméz (Hammel, B 24646) was collected on April 10, 2008 in Costa Rica. Flora of the World includes 42 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Prosopanche costaricensis, BHammel24646--Costa Rica. Heredia. Br. Carrillo Nat. Pk. 11 Apr 08. 085.jpg

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Record Number

Hammel, B 24646

Collection Date

April 10, 2008 · Costa Rica

Collectors

Barry E. Hammel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Remarks

Root parasite, in a wet, muddy swale. Exact location withheld because of the vulnerability of this habitat,

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Piperales

Family

Hydnoraceae

Genus

Prosopanche

Specific Epithet

costaricensis

Authorship

L.D.Goméz

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.2

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

Borderline

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.9

Global rank

#50,149 of 335,497

Top 15%

Extinction probability

32%