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Taxon

Wercklea insignis Pittier & Standl.

Protologue Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 112. 1916BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Wercklea insignis--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 001.jpg

Wercklea insignis--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Wercklea insignis--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 002.jpg

Wercklea insignis--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Wercklea insignis--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 003.jpg

Wercklea insignis--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Occurrences

No collection number

February 22, 2002

Location

Costa Rica, San Jose (InBio Parque)

Location Remarks

Santo Domingo de Heredia, a suburb of San Jose.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Wercklea

Specific Epithet

insignis

Authorship

Pittier & Standl.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.1

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

0.0

Global rank

#302,508 of 335,497

Top 91%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →