Native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Osa (Sierpe)
8.776694, -83.46375
Location Remarks
Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce; Bahía Chal, a 35 km. de Chacarita, entrada Chocuaco, entre cruce de Bajo Chocuaco y el bajo Quebrada Lagunas. 267 m elev.
Collectors
Reinaldo Aguilar, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Hemiepífito. Espigas verdes.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Pandanales
Family
Cyclanthaceae
Genus
Asplundia
Specific Epithet
utilis
Authorship
(Oerst.) Harling
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#93,099 of 335,497
Top 28%
Extinction probability
11%