Prosthechea cochleata--Costa Rica. Lankester Garden. 27 Feb 02. 027.jpg
Prosthechea cochleata--FL. Collier Co. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. 12 Jan 03. 014.jpg
Native to Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
United States, Florida, Collier (Jerome)
25.998333, -81.406111
Location Remarks
Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, off James Memorial Scenic Dr., northwest of Copeland.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Costa Rica (Lankester Garden)
Location Remarks
Lankester Garden
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Prosthechea
Specific Epithet
cochleata
Authorship
(L.) W.E.Higgins
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#155,779 of 335,497
Top 47%
Extinction probability
12%
