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Taxon

Terminalia oblonga (Ruiz & Pav.) Steud.

Protologue Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 2: 668. 1841BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Terminalia oblonga, 'sura'--Costa Rica. La Selva Biol. Sta., Holdridge Trail. 28 Feb 02. 001.jpg

Terminalia oblonga, 'sura'--Costa Rica. La Selva Biol. Sta., Holdridge Trail. 28 Feb 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Terminalia oblonga, 'sura'--Costa Rica. La Selva Biol. Sta., Holdridge Trail. 28 Feb 02. 002.jpg

Terminalia oblonga, 'sura'--Costa Rica. La Selva Biol. Sta., Holdridge Trail. 28 Feb 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Combretaceae

Genus

Terminalia

Species

oblonga

Taxonomic opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Distribution

Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela; introduced into Puerto Rico (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

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

Occurrences

No collection number

February 28, 2002

Location

Costa Rica, Heredia (Pococí Canton, Guápiles)

10.146972, -83.946167

Location Remarks

Parque Nacional Braulio Carillo. Roadside barrow near Rio Sucio, off main highway 32.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#209,158 of 335,497

Top 63%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →