Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panamá (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
Costa Rica, San Jose (InBio Parque)
Location Remarks
Santo Domingo de Heredia, a suburb of San Jose.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Costaceae
Genus
Costus
Specific Epithet
glaucus
Authorship
Maas
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#236,589 of 335,497
Top 71%
Extinction probability
13%