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Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Costa Rica, Heredia (Pococí Canton, Guápiles)
10.146972, -83.946167
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Braulio Carillo. Roadside barrow near Rio Sucio, off main highway 32.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Costaceae
Genus
Hellenia
Specific Epithet
speciosa
Authorship
(J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 10.3
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#87,013 of 335,497
Top 26%
Extinction probability
6%
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
