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niveus

Taxon

Croton niveus Jacq.

Protologue Enum. Syst. Pl. 32. 1760BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Croton niveus --Costa Rica. INBio Parque. 22 Feb 02. 002.jpg

Croton niveus --Costa Rica. INBio Parque. 22 Feb 02. 002.jpg

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Croton niveus --Costa Rica. INBio Parque. 22 Feb 02. 003.jpg

Croton niveus --Costa Rica. INBio Parque. 22 Feb 02. 003.jpg

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Croton niveus--Costa Rica. INBio Parque. 22 Feb 02. 001.jpg

Croton niveus--Costa Rica. INBio Parque. 22 Feb 02. 001.jpg

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Croton niveus--Costa Rica. InBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 087.jpg

Croton niveus--Costa Rica. InBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 087.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Croton niveus--Costa Rica. InBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 086.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Croton niveum--Costa Rica. InBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 084.jpg

Croton niveum--Costa Rica. InBio Parque, San Jose. 5 Nov 04. 084.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Aruba, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

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

No collection number

February 22, 2002

Location

Costa Rica, San José (Vázquez de Coronado Canton, Dulce Nombre de Jesús)

10.136111, -83.971944

Location Remarks

Puntar Los Charcos de Osa

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Genus

Croton

Specific Epithet

niveus

Authorship

Jacq.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

0.0

Global rank

#308,436 of 335,497

Top 92%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →