Cryosophila guagara [P.H.Allen ]

Holotype for Cryosophila guagara P.H. Allen
Catalog Number: US 2215852
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): P. H. Allen
Year Collected: 1952
Locality: Near Tinoco Station, area between Rio Esquina & Palmar., Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America

Holotype: Allen, P. H. 1953. Ceiba. 3: 174.

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Holotype: Allen, P. H. 1953. Ceiba. 3: 174.

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Holotype: Allen, P. H. 1953. Ceiba. 3: 174.

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Holotype for Cryosophila guagara P.H. Allen
Catalog Number: US 2215850
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): P. H. Allen
Year Collected: 1952
Locality: Vicinity of Tinoco Station, area between Rio Esquinas & Palmas., Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America

Holotype: Allen, P. H. 1953. Ceiba. 3: 174.

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Holotype for Cryosophila guagara P.H. Allen
Catalog Number: US 2215851
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): P. H. Allen
Year Collected: 1952
Locality: Vicinity of Tinoco Station, area between Rio Esquinas & Palmar., Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America

Holotype: Allen, P. H. 1953. Ceiba. 3: 174.

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Holotype for Cryosophila guagara P.H. Allen
Catalog Number: US 2215849
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): P. H. Allen
Year Collected: 1952
Locality: Near Tinoco Station, area between Rio Esquinas & Palmar., Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America

Holotype: Allen, P. H. 1953. Ceiba. 3: 174.

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Isotype for Cryosophila guagara P.H. Allen
Catalog Number: US 2188947
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): P. H. Allen
Year Collected: 1952
Locality: Vicinity of Tinoco Station., Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Isotype: Allen, P. H. 1953. Ceiba. 3: 174.

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Habitat and Ecology:

Habitat and Ecology

A palm tree of lowland rainforest.

Systems

Terrestrial

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IUCN Red List Assessment:

Red List Category

LR/nt

Lower Risk/near threatened

Red List Criteria

Version

2.3

Year Assessed

1998

Needs updating

Assessor/s

Evans, R.

Reviewer/s

Contributor/s

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Threats:

Major Threats

Lowland rainforest has greatly declined through conversion to agriculture. The heart of the palm is eaten locally for medicinal purposes.

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