Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence 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 4+ m. Borde del arroyo.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rhamnaceae
Genus
Colubrina
Specific Epithet
spinosa
Authorship
(Vell.) Donn.Sm.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 10.7
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#109,647 of 335,497
Top 33%
Extinction probability
5%