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biflora

Taxon

Capraria biflora L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 628. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Capraria biflora--Costa Rica. Palo Verde Biol. Station. 1 Apr 03.  043.jpg

Capraria biflora--Costa Rica. Palo Verde Biol. Station. 1 Apr 03. 043.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Capraria biflora--Costa Rica. Palo Verde Biol. Station. 1 Apr 03. 042.jpg

Capraria biflora--Costa Rica. Palo Verde Biol. Station. 1 Apr 03. 042.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Capraria biflora--Costa Rica. Palo Verde Biol. Station. 31 Mch 03.  043.jpg

Capraria biflora--Costa Rica. Palo Verde Biol. Station. 31 Mch 03. 043.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Capraria biflora--Costa Rica. Palo Verde Biol. Station. 31 Mch 03. 041.jpg

Capraria biflora--Costa Rica. Palo Verde Biol. Station. 31 Mch 03. 041.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Capraria biflora--Costa Rica. Palo Verde Biol. Station. 31 Mch 03.  044.jpg

Capraria biflora--Costa Rica. Palo Verde Biol. Station. 31 Mch 03. 044.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Capraria biflora--Costa Rica. Palo Verde Biol. Station. 31 Mch 03. 042.jpg

Capraria biflora--Costa Rica. Palo Verde Biol. Station. 31 Mch 03. 042.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 45 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Benin, Bermuda, Cape Verde, Florida, Ghana, Mauritius (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

March 31, 2003

Location

Costa Rica, Guanacaste (Bagaces Canton)

10.345, -85.338889

Location Remarks

Palo Verde Biological Station. Trail to Mirador "La Roca".

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

April 1, 2003

Location

Costa Rica, Guanacaste (Bagaces Canton)

10.345, -85.338889

Location Remarks

Palo Verde Biological Station. Trail to Mirador "La Roca".

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Scrophulariaceae

Genus

Capraria

Specific Epithet

biflora

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.9

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

0.1

Global rank

#230,139 of 335,497

Top 69%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →