Native to Belize, Brazil North, Central American Pacific Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. (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

Davidson, C 8530

August 19, 1979

Location

Costa Rica, Limon

10.5, -83.78

Location Remarks

Hacienda La Suerte, NE of Guapiles.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, J. Donahue

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Rhizophoraceae

Genus

Cassipourea

Specific Epithet

elliptica

Authorship

(Sw.) Poir.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.3

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

0.1

Global rank

#248,536 of 335,497

Top 75%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →