Plants of Costa Rica - Systematic List - EcoRegistros

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Costa Rica

Plants 97 - Systematic Listing

(89 speciess + 8 forms with special treatment that are not considered at the species level)

Number of records: 119

Last update: 11/04/2026 23:40:15

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Provinces / departments

Alajuela

Cartago

Guanacaste

Heredia

Limón

Puntarenas

San José

Belonging

Group

English Common Name

Scientific Name

Spanish Common Name

Portuguese Common Name

Family

Order

TOP 10 Ranking species

1) Eduardo Nadal 46 2) Luis Cesar Tejo 36 3) Hugo Caverzasi 21

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TOP 10 Ranking of records

1) Eduardo Nadal 60 2) Luis Cesar Tejo 36 3) Hugo Caverzasi 23

Order

Family

English Common Name

Spanish Common Name

Portuguese Common Name

Scientific Name

Belonging

Records

Chance of observation

Conservation status

Notes

1

Ecuador Philodendron

Filodendro Ecuatoriano

Philodendron verrucosum

Native

1

III

2

Repollo De Agua

Repolho D´água

Pistia stratiotes

Native

1

III

LC

3

Lirio De La Paz

Spathiphyllum montanum

Native

1

III

4

Bactris gasipaes

Native

1

III

5

African Oil Palm

Elaeis guineensis

Native

1

III

6

American Oil Palm

Palmeira-de-óleo-americana

Elaeis oleifera

Native

1

III

7

Euterpe precatoria

Native

1

III

8

Cuban Royal Palm

Palma Imperial Cubana

Roystonea regia

Exotic

1

III

9

Palmera Caminante

Socratea exorrhiza

Native

2

IV

10

Alstroemeriaceae

Native

1

III

11

Lirio Del Amazonas

Lírio Do Amazonas - Estrela Da Anunciação

Urceolina amazonica

Exotic

1

III

12

Cordyline fruticosa

Native

1

III

13

Dracaena marginata

Native

1

III

14

Kniphofia uvaria

Exotic

1

III

15

Crocosmia crocosmiiflora

Native

2

IV

16

Trimezia steyermarkii

Native

1

III

17

Orquidea Bambú

Arundina graminifolia

Exotic

2

IV

18

Kandyan Dancer Orchid

Oncidium sphacelatum

Native

1

III

19

Phalaenopsis sp.

Native

1

III

20

Prosthechea ionophlebia

Native

1

III

21

Broad-blooming Telipogon

Telipogon ampliflorus

Native

1

III

22

Oppositeleaf Spotflower

Native

1

III

23

Native

1

III

24

Cosmos Azufrado

Cosmos sulphureus

Native

2

IV

25

Sphagneticola trilobata

Native

1

III

26

Centropogon granulosus

Native

1

III

27

Centropogon sp.

Native

1

III

28

Hippobroma longiflora

Native

2

IV

29

Venezuelan Pokeweed

Phytolacca rivinoides

Native

2

IV

30

Nudosilla Africana

Persicaria capitata

Exotic

1

III

31

Lirio Acuático Sudamericano

Pontederia crassipes

Exotic

1

III

32

Clitoria ternatea

Exotic

1

III

33

Native

1

III

34

Mimosa Sensitiva

Native

1

III

35

Native

1

III

36

Trompeta Amarilla

Allamanda cathartica

Native

1

III

37

Native

1

III

38

Thevetia ahouai

Native

1

III

39

Hoffmannia congesta

Native

1

III

40

Notopleura uliginosa

Native

1

III

41

Palicourea brenesii

Native

1

III

42

Zorrillo Amarillo

Palicourea lasiorrhachis

Native

1

III

43

Estrella Egipcia

Pentas lanceolata

Native

1

III

44

Caricature-plant

Café Con Leche

Graptophyllum pictum

Exotic

1

III

45

Cola De Zorro Amarilla

Native

1

III

46

Odontonema cuspidatum

Native

1

III

47

Thunbergia alata

Exotic

1

III

48

Flor Asiatica De Cera

Thunbergia grandiflora

Native

1

III

49

Chrysothemis friedrichsthaliana

Native

1

III

50

Native

1

III

51

Native

1

III

52

Kohleria spicata

Native

1

III

53

Clerodendrum paniculatum

Native

1

III

54

Salvia leucantha

Native

1

III

55

Conopholis alpina

Native

1

III

56

Hartweg´s Beardtongue

Penstemon hartwegii

Native

1

III

57

Stachytarpheta frantzii

Native

1

III

58

Changeable Velvetberry

Stachytarpheta mutabilis

Native

2

IV

59

Persea caerulea

Native

1

III

60

Thornless Crown Of Thorns

Corona De Espinas Sin Espinas

Euphorbia geroldii

Exotic

1

III

61

Passiflora quadrangularis

Native

1

III

62

Flor De La Pasión Roja

Passiflora vitifolia

Native

3

V

63

Turnera subulata

Native

1

III

64

Fringed Rosemallow

Hibiscus schizopetalus

Exotic

1

III

65

Theobroma cacao

Native

1

III

66

Clavelón Amarillo

Wercklea woodsonii

Native

1

III

67

Giant Crepe-myrtle

Orgullo De La India

Resedá-gigante

Lagerstroemia speciosa

Exotic

1

III

68

Melastomataceae

Arthrostemma ciliatum

Native

1

III

69

Blakea litoralis

Native

1

III

70

Miconia costaricensis

Native

1

III

71

Miconia melanotricha

Native

1

III

72

Native

1

III

73

Monochaetum linearifolium

Native

1

III

74

Monochaetum vulcanicum

Native

1

III

75

Shrubby Fuchsia

Aretillo Morado

Fuchsia paniculata

Native

1

III

76

Native

1

III

77

Aristolochiaceae

Flor Del Pelícano

Aristolochia grandiflora

Native

1

III

78

Native

1

III

79

Rhynchospora nervosa

Native

1

III

80

Costa Rica Strangler Fig

Higuerón Colorado

Ficus costaricana

Native

1

III

81

Cathedral Bells

Kalanchoe pinnata

Native

1

III

82

Red Angel´s Trumpet

Floripondio Trompeta De Ángel

Brugmansia sanguinea

Native

2

IV

83

Streptosolen jamesonii

Native

2

IV

84

Hoja De Berijao

Calathea crotalifera

Native

1

III

85

Native

1

III

86

Hellenia speciosa

Native

2

IV

87

Heliconia rostrata

Native

1

III

88

Heliconia stricta

Native

2

IV

89

Heliconia Arco Iris

Heliconia wagneriana

Native

1

III

90

Native

1

III

91

Heliconia xanthovillosa

Native

1

III

92

Goeppertia marantifolia

Native

2

IV

93

Musa x paradisiaca

Native

1

III

94

Alpinia purpurata

Exotic

5

VI

95

Curcuma zedoaria

Exotic

1

III

96

Botón de Emperador

Etlingera elatior

Native

3

V

97

Zingiber spectabile

Native

3

V

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