Endemic to Costa Rica; introduced into Jawa (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Golfito (Puerto Jimenez)
8.465417, -83.279778
Location Remarks
Puerto Jiménez, camino a playa Tamales, pequeño parche de bosque, al este del puente sobre la Quebrada Tigre. 27 m elev.
Collectors
Reinaldo Aguilar, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Trepadora. Flores espata verde, espádice blanco.
Location
Costa Rica, Alajuela, Atenas
9.977972, -84.455556
Location Remarks
Cuenca del Tárcoles. Cuesta del Aguacate. Carretera entre Atenas y Orotina. 900-950 m elev.
Collectors
Barry E. Hammel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Bejuco.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Syngonium
Specific Epithet
wendlandii
Authorship
Schott
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.5
Global rank
#23,466 of 335,497
Top 7%
Extinction probability
28%