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pyramidale

Taxon

Ochroma pyramidale (Cav.) Urb.

Protologue Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 5: 123. 1920IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Ochroma pyramidale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 246.jpg

Ochroma pyramidale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 246.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ochroma pyramidale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 243.jpg

Ochroma pyramidale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 243.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ochroma pyramidale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 244.jpg

Ochroma pyramidale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 244.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ochroma pyramidale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 242.jpg

Ochroma pyramidale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 242.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ochroma pyramidale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 245.jpg

Ochroma pyramidale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 245.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ochroma pyramidale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 247.jpg

Ochroma pyramidale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 247.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ochroma pyramidale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 240.jpg

Ochroma pyramidale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 240.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ochroma pyramidale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 241.jpg

Ochroma pyramidale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 241.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ochroma pyramidale--Costa Rica.  Hwy 2,  n. of Coto Brus jct. 26 Feb 02. 001.jpg

Ochroma pyramidale--Costa Rica. Hwy 2, n. of Coto Brus jct. 26 Feb 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ochroma pyramidale--Costa Rica.  Hwy 2,  N of Coto Brus jct. 26 Feb 02. 004.jpg

Ochroma pyramidale--Costa Rica. Hwy 2, N of Coto Brus jct. 26 Feb 02. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ochroma pyramidale--Costa Rica.  Hwy 2,  N of Coto Brus jct. 26 Feb 02. 003.jpg

Ochroma pyramidale--Costa Rica. Hwy 2, N of Coto Brus jct. 26 Feb 02. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ochroma pyramidale--Costa Rica.   Hwy 2,  N of Coto Brus jct. 26 Feb 02. 002.jpg

Ochroma pyramidale--Costa Rica. Hwy 2, N of Coto Brus jct. 26 Feb 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ochroma pyramidale--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 001.jpg

Ochroma pyramidale--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ochroma pyramidale--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 002.jpg

Ochroma pyramidale--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ochroma pyramidale, old, fallen flower--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 001.jpg

Ochroma pyramidale, old, fallen flower--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Central American Pacific Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.; introduced into Andaman Is., Cameroon, DR Congo, Galápagos, Guinea, Marquesas, Nicobar Is., Senegal, Society Is., Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

December 6, 2003

Location

Cameroon, Southwest, Antsiranana (Limbe, Limbe Botanic Garden)

4.018898, 9.197624

Location Remarks

City of Limbe

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

No collection number

February 26, 2002

Location

Costa Rica, San José (Vázquez de Coronado Canton, Dulce Nombre de Jesús)

10.136111, -83.971944

Location Remarks

Puntar Los Charcos de Osa

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

February 22, 2002

Location

Costa Rica, San Jose (InBio Parque)

Location Remarks

Santo Domingo de Heredia, a suburb of San Jose.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Ochroma

Specific Epithet

pyramidale

Authorship

(Cav.) Urb.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 12.0

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#98,751 of 335,497

Top 30%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →