Endemic to Costa Rica (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Golfito (Puerto Jimenez)
8.465417, -83.279778
Location Remarks
Puerto Jiménez, camino a playa Tamales, pequeño parche de bosque, al este del puente sobre la Quebrada Tigre. 27 m elev.
Collectors
Reinaldo Aguilar, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Un tallo único, 1-1.5 m. Frutos verdes, espigas pendulas.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Piperales
Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Piper
Specific Epithet
deductum
Authorship
Trel.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.9
Global rank
#47,217 of 335,497
Top 15%
Extinction probability
34%