Native to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Golfito (Puerto Jimenez)
8.465417, -83.279778
Location Remarks
Puerto Jiménez, camino a playa Tamales, pequeño parche de bosque, al este del puente sobre la Quebrada Tigre. 27 m elev.
Collectors
Reinaldo Aguilar, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Arbol 15 m., 20 cm. Frutos viejos cafe.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Turneraceae
Genus
Erblichia
Specific Epithet
odorata
Authorship
Seem.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 33.0
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.7
Global rank
#19,118 of 335,497
Top 6%
Extinction probability
5%