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costaricensis

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Prosopanche costaricensis L.D.Goméz

Protologue Phytologia 49: 53, fig. 1981BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Borderline • Predicted threatened
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Endemic to Costa Rica (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 24646

April 11, 2008

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

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,

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Piperales

Family

Hydnoraceae

Genus

Prosopanche

Specific Epithet

costaricensis

Authorship

L.D.Goméz

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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.

Borderline

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.9

Global rank

#50,149 of 335,497

Top 15%

Extinction probability

32%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →