Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, 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
Árbol 4 m; frutos morados.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Alchornea
Specific Epithet
costaricensis
Authorship
Pax & K.Hoffm.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 4.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#182,048 of 335,497
Top 55%
Extinction probability
6%