Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Costa Rica, Limon, Limon
9.826917, -83.070861
Location Remarks
Cuenca del Bananito. Finca Selva Bananito. A lo largo del Río Carbón. 100 m elev.
Collectors
Barry E. Hammel, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Isabel Perez-Hammel
Notes
Arbusto 3 m. Olor de banana.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Laurales
Family
Siparunaceae
Genus
Siparuna
Specific Epithet
pauciflora
Authorship
(Beurl.) A.DC.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 20.7
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.1
Global rank
#37,019 of 335,497
Top 12%
Extinction probability
6%