Dendrocalamus giganteus--Costa Rica. Wilson Garden. 25 Feb 02. 001.jpg
Dendrocalamus giganeus--Costa Rica. Wilson Garden. 25 Feb 02. 002.jpg
Native to Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar; introduced into Bangladesh, Cambodia, Comoros, Ecuador, El Salvador, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Mauritius, Nepal, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Coto Brus (Coto Brus Canton, Las Cruces Biological Station)
8.785278, -82.958889
Location Remarks
Las Cruces Biological Station. From San Jos‚, take the Pan-American highway south to San Isidro. Continue on the Pan-American to the turn off for San Vito (1.5-2 hours) at a small intersection called Paso Real (kilometer marker 221). From San Vito, the station is an additional 6 km south along the road to the town of Agua Buena.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Dendrocalamus
Specific Epithet
giganteus
Authorship
Munro
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#330,066 of 335,497
Top 99%
Extinction probability
5%
