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Taxon

Phyllanthus acuminatus Vahl

Protologue Symb. Bot. 2: 95. 1791BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Phyllanthus acuminatus--Costa Rica. InBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 082.jpg

Phyllanthus acuminatus--Costa Rica. InBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 082.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Phyllanthus acuminatus--Costa Rica. InBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 083.jpg

Phyllanthus acuminatus--Costa Rica. InBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 083.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phyllanthus acuminatus--Costa Rica. InBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 081.jpg

Phyllanthus acuminatus--Costa Rica. InBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 081.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phyllanthus acuminatus--Costa Rica. InBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 080.jpg

Phyllanthus acuminatus--Costa Rica. InBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 080.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phyllanthus acuminatus--Costa Rica. InBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 078.jpg

Phyllanthus acuminatus--Costa Rica. InBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 078.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 32 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

November 5, 2004

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

Malpighiales

Family

Phyllanthaceae

Genus

Phyllanthus

Specific Epithet

acuminatus

Authorship

Vahl

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.8

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

0.1

Global rank

#233,144 of 335,497

Top 70%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →