Philodendron auriculatum--Costa Rica. Wilson Garden. 24 Feb 02. 001.jpg
Endemic to Costa Rica (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Coto Brus (Coto Brus Canton, Las Cruces Biological Station)
8.785278, -82.958889
Location Remarks
Las Cruces Biological Station. From San Jos‚, take the Pan-American highway south to San Isidro. Continue on the Pan-American to the turn off for San Vito (1.5-2 hours) at a small intersection called Paso Real (kilometer marker 221). From San Vito, the station is an additional 6 km south along the road to the town of Agua Buena.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Philodendron
Specific Epithet
auriculatum
Authorship
Standl. & L.O.Williams
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 26.0
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
5.6
Global rank
#2,708 of 335,497
Top 0.9%
Extinction probability
26%
