Caryocaraceae
Caryocar

Caryocar costaricense Donn.Sm.

First published in Bot. Gaz. 55: 431 (1913)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Costa Rica. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Costa Rica

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2010 Aguilar, R. [11376] Costa Rica K000254851 Yes
Aguilar, R.; Quesada, F. [3693] Costa Rica K004301832 Yes
Zúniga, R.; Jimenez, Q. [131] Costa Rica K004301841 Yes
Aguilar, R.; Guzmán, V. [2794] Costa Rica K004301834 Yes
Aguilar, R. [3080] Costa Rica K004301833 Yes
Thomsen, K. [510] Costa Rica K004301836 Yes
Hammel, B. [16637] Costa Rica K004301842 Yes
Kernan, C. [953] Costa Rica K004301838 Yes
Hammel, B.; Kernan, C. [16664] Costa Rica K004301835 Yes
Jimenez, Q. [640] Costa Rica K004301837 Yes
Thomsen, K. [528] Costa Rica K004301839 Yes
Liesner, R. [2084] Costa Rica K004301843 Yes
Gentry, A.; Ortiz, R.; Shonle, I.; Bradford, J.; Anderson, P. [78758] Costa Rica K004301840 Yes
Jimenez, Q. [640] Costa Rica K004301844 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Wood Anatomy Microscope Slides

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/