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sinclairiana

Taxon

Aphelandra sinclairiana Nees

Protologue in Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. 146. t. 47.IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Aphelandra sinclairiana, Davidson6710--Costa Rica. Prov. Limon. Hda. La Suerte. 7 Mar 78. 001.jpg

Aphelandra sinclairiana, Davidson6710--Costa Rica. Prov. Limon. Hda. La Suerte. 7 Mar 78. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aphelandra sinclairiana, Davidson6710--Costa Rica. Prov. Limon. Hda. La Suerte. 7 Mar 78. 002.jpg

Aphelandra sinclairiana, Davidson6710--Costa Rica. Prov. Limon. Hda. La Suerte. 7 Mar 78. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá (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

Davidson C., et al. 6710

March 7, 1978

Location

Costa Rica, Limon (Pococí Canton, Rita)

10.5, -83.78

Location Remarks

Hacienda La Suerte, NE of Guapiles.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, J. Donahue, Amy Kaminer, David J. Middleton, B. Rasnow

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Aphelandra

Specific Epithet

sinclairiana

Authorship

Nees

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#193,300 of 335,497

Top 58%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →