Native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.; introduced into Florida, India, Jawa, Ogasawara-shoto, Vietnam (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 24633

April 10, 2008

Location

Costa Rica, Alajuela, Atenas (San Mateo Canton, Desmonte)

9.977972, -84.455556

Location Remarks

Cuenca del Tárcoles. Cuesta del Aguacate. Carretera entre Atenas y Orotina. 900-950 m elev.

Collectors

Barry E. Hammel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Terrestre. En una inclinada sobre la quebrada.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Moraceae

Genus

Dorstenia

Specific Epithet

contrajerva

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.3

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

#215,410 of 335,497

Top 65%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →