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Taxon

Gunnera insignis (Oerst.) Oerst.

Protologue Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn (1857) 189; A. DC. in DC. Prod. xvi. II. 597.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Gunnera insignis, 89.1205--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gdn. 19 Sep 03. 094.jpg

Gunnera insignis, 89.1205--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gdn. 19 Sep 03. 094.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera insignis, 89.1205--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gdn. 19 Sep 03. 092.jpg

Gunnera insignis, 89.1205--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gdn. 19 Sep 03. 092.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera insignis, 89.1205--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gdn. 19 Sep 03. 093.jpg

Gunnera insignis, 89.1205--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gdn. 19 Sep 03. 093.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera insignis, 89.1205--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gdn. 19 Sep 03. 095.jpg

Gunnera insignis, 89.1205--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gdn. 19 Sep 03. 095.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall. 1 Mch 02. 001.jpg

Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall. 1 Mch 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall. 1 Mch 02. 002.jpg

Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall. 1 Mch 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At  La Paz Waterfall. 1 Mch 02. 004.jpg

Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall. 1 Mch 02. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall. 1 Mch 02. 006.jpg

Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall. 1 Mch 02. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall. 1 Mch 02. 003.jpg

Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall. 1 Mch 02. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall. 1 Mch 02. 009.jpg

Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall. 1 Mch 02. 009.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall. 1 Mch 02. 007.jpg

Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall. 1 Mch 02. 007.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At  La Paz Waterfall. 1 Mch 02. 005.jpg

Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall. 1 Mch 02. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall.  1 Mch 02. 008.jpg

Gunnera insignis--Costa Rica. At La Paz Waterfall. 1 Mch 02. 008.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panamá (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

March 1, 2002

Location

Costa Rica, Alajuela (La Paz Waterfall Gardens)

Location Remarks

At La Paz Waterfall gardens

Collectors

No collectors specified

89.1205

September 19, 2003

Location

United States, California (U C Berkeley Botanical Garden.)

Location Remarks

Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

March 1, 2002

Location

Costa Rica, San José (Vázquez de Coronado Canton, Dulce Nombre de Jesús)

10.136111, -83.971944

Location Remarks

Puntar Los Charcos de Osa

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gunnerales

Family

Gunneraceae

Genus

Gunnera

Specific Epithet

insignis

Authorship

(Oerst.) Oerst.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#104,092 of 335,497

Top 32%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →