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Native to Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Golfito (Puerto Jiménez Canton)
8.466667, -83.280556
Location Remarks
Distrito: Jiménez. Puerto Jiménez, camino a playa Tamales, pequeño parche de bosque, al este del puente sobre la Quebrada Tigre. 23 m elev.
Collectors
Reinaldo Aguilar, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Arbusto 3 m., 1 cm. Frutos maduros verdes.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Salicaceae
Genus
Casearia
Specific Epithet
arguta
Authorship
Kunth
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#203,003 of 335,497
Top 61%
Extinction probability
6%
