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Prockia costaricensis

Prockia costaricensis
Photo: Nelson A. Zamora et al., CC BY 3.0
Family
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Costa Rica
Climate
wet tropical

About

Prockia costaricensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, endemic to Costa Rica. The plant was first described by Paul Carpenter Standley in 1937, and has a conservation status of vulnerable under the IUCN Red List.

Where it grows

The range of Prockia costaricensis is restricted to Costa Rica, spanning the provinces of Alajuela, Guanacaste, and Limón, in the cantons of Bagaces, Cañas, La Cruz, Liberia, Limón, Tilarán, and Upala. Historically, Prockia costaricensis was preserved from beyond its current range in Panama, within the province of Panamá.

Other Prockia plants

Guasimilla · Prockia flava · Prockia jaliscana · Prockia krusei · Prockia oaxacana · Prockia pentamera · Prockia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prockia costaricensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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