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Quararibea aurantiocalyx

Quararibea aurantiocalyx
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
E. Costa Rica to C. Panama
Climate
wet tropical

About

Quararibea aurantiocalyx is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is a tree native to eastern Costa Rica and central Panama.

It is a small to medium sized tree which grows 5 to 25 meters tall and flowers in March. It grows in humid submontane rain forest and cloud forest from 1,100 to 1,200 meters elevation. The species is rare and known from only two separated locations, and the IUCN Red List assesses the species as Critically Endangered.

Other Quararibea plants

Quararibea asterolepis · Quararibea funebris · Quararibea gomeziana · Quararibea grandifolia · Quararibea pendula · Quararibea platyphylla · Wild Palm · Quararibea santaritensis · Swizzlestick tree · Quararibea velutina · Quararibea yunckeri · Quararibea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Quararibea aurantiocalyx 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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