Herrania purpurea (Pittier) R.E.Schult. belongs to the Malvaceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Herrania
Specific Epithet
purpurea
Authorship
(Pittier) R.E.Schult.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.9
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
#266,285 of 335,497
Top 80%
Extinction probability
6%
Location
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Osa
9.0205, -83.497583
Location Remarks
Cuenca Terraba-Sierpe. Entre Palmar Norte y Ciudad Cortés, camino localmente conocido como Cuesta del Burro que sube a Fila Retinto, 9 km de la entrada. 800-900 m elev.
Collectors
Barry E. Hammel, Isabel Perez-Hammel, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Árbol 3 m.
Location
Costa Rica, Heredia
10.146972, -83.946167
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Braulio Carillo. Roadside barrow near Rio Sucio, off main highway 32.
Collectors
No collectors specified