Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Piperales
Family
Hydnoraceae
Genus
Prosopanche
Specific Epithet
costaricensis
Authorship
L.D.Goméz
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.9
Global rank
#50,149 of 335,497
Top 15%
Extinction probability
32%
Location
Costa Rica, Heredia
10.146972, -83.946167
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Braulio Carillo. Roadside barrow near Rio Sucio, off main highway 32.
Collectors
Barry E. Hammel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Root parasite, in a wet, muddy swale. Exact location withheld because of the vulnerability of this habitat,