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Occurrence
Predicted not threatened

No record number

February 28, 2002

Costa Rica

This occurrence of Costus pulverulentus C.Presl was collected on February 28, 2002 in Costa Rica. Flora of the World includes 2 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Costus pulverulentus--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall gardens. 1 Mch 02. 001.jpg

Costus pulverulentus--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall gardens. 1 Mch 02. 001.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Costaceae

Genus

Costus

Specific Epithet

pulverulentus

Authorship

C.Presl

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#274,561 of 335,497

Top 82%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →