Besleria pauciflora Rusby belongs to the Gesneriaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Hammel, B 24671

April 11, 2008

Location

Costa Rica, Limon, Limon

9.826917, -83.070861

Location Remarks

Cuenca del Bananito. Finca Selva Bananito. A lo largo del Río Carbón. 100 m elev.

Collectors

Barry E. Hammel, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Isabel Perez-Hammel

Notes

Hierba 70 cm; flores amarillas; frutos cápsula verdes que se abren irregularmente para exponer la masa roja de semillas.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Gesneriaceae

Genus

Besleria

Specific Epithet

pauciflora

Authorship

Rusby

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.3

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

0.2

Global rank

#186,187 of 335,497

Top 56%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →