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Native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela; introduced into China Southeast (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Garabito (Garabito Canton)
9.859722, -84.702778
Location Remarks
Cuenca del Jesús María. Punta Loros. Punta Loros. Sea level.
Collectors
Barry E. Hammel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Arbusto 3 m.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Thevetia
Specific Epithet
ahouai
Authorship
(L.) A.DC.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#317,907 of 335,497
Top 95%
Extinction probability
6%
