Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Costa Rica, Limon, Limon
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.
Location
Costa Rica
10.136111, -83.971944
Location Remarks
Puntar Los Charcos de Osa
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Costa Rica, Limon
10.5, -83.78
Location Remarks
Hacienda La Suerte, NE of Guapiles.
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Achariaceae
Genus
Carpotroche
Specific Epithet
platyptera
Authorship
Pittier
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#238,672 of 335,497
Top 72%
Extinction probability
6%