Clethra costaricensis Britton belongs to the Clethraceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Clethraceae
Genus
Clethra
Specific Epithet
costaricensis
Authorship
Britton
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#225,427 of 335,497
Top 68%
Extinction probability
11%
Location
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Osa (Sierpe)
8.776694, -83.46375
Location Remarks
Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce; Bahía Chal, a 35 km. de Chacarita, entrada Chocuaco, entre cruce de Bajo Chocuaco y el bajo Quebrada Lagunas. 267 m elev.
Collectors
Reinaldo Aguilar, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Arbol 10 m., 20 cm. Flores blancas.
Location
Costa Rica, San Jose
9.903278, -84.421056
Location Remarks
5 km W of Grifo Alto and about 1 km E of San Pablo
Collectors
No collectors specified