Schwartzia costaricensis (Gilg) Bedell belongs to the Marcgraviaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Marcgraviaceae
Genus
Schwartzia
Specific Epithet
costaricensis
Authorship
(Gilg) Bedell
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#289,369 of 335,497
Top 87%
Extinction probability
11%
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
Liana epifitica.