Native to Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Peru, 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

Aguilar, R 11167

April 15, 2008

Location

Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Golfito (Puerto Jimenez)

8.465417, -83.279778

Location Remarks

Puerto Jiménez, camino a playa Tamales, pequeño parche de bosque, al este del puente sobre la Quebrada Tigre. 27 m elev.

Collectors

Reinaldo Aguilar, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Liana leñosa 2 cm. Frutos verdes.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Celastrales

Family

Celastraceae

Genus

Cuervea

Specific Epithet

kappleriana

Authorship

(Miq.) A.C.Sm.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.8

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

0.7

Global rank

#72,625 of 335,497

Top 22%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →