Megaskepasma erythrochlamys--Costa Rica. Hotel Casa Turire, Orosi Valley. 27 Feb 02. 001.jpg
Native to Suriname, Venezuela; introduced into Comoros, Costa Rica, Hawaii, Nicaragua, Panamá, Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Costa Rica, Cartago (Hotel Casa Turire)
Location Remarks
Hotal Casa Turire, Orosi Valley, town of La Suiza, SE of Turrialba
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables)
25.676781, -80.272034
Location Remarks
10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Acanthaceae
Genus
Megaskepasma
Specific Epithet
erythrochlamys
Authorship
Lindau
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#175,199 of 335,497
Top 53%
Extinction probability
10%
