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.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Aguilar, R 11196

April 17, 2008

Location

Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Golfito

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.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Salicaceae

Genus

Casearia

Specific Epithet

arguta

Authorship

Kunth

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#203,003 of 335,497

Top 61%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →