Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, 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

Hammel, B 24688

April 13, 2008

Location

Costa Rica, Limon, Limon (Limón, Matama)

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 3. 5 m; flores blancas.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Chione

Specific Epithet

venosa

Authorship

(Sw.) Urb.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#191,333 of 335,497

Top 58%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →