Native to Costa Rica, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá; introduced into El Salvador, Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Hammel, B 24666

April 11, 2008

Location

Costa Rica, Limon, Limon (Limón, Matama)

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

Arbusto 3 m.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Theobroma

Specific Epithet

angustifolium

Authorship

DC.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.5

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#287,389 of 335,497

Top 86%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →