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The categorisation scheme follows the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, in which Costa Rica is as politically defined, except that Cocos Island is treated separately. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flora of Costa Rica .
Costa Rica. Weberocereus rosei (Kimnach) Buxb. Stems flat, 4–8 cm wide, margins crenate. Flowers 5.5–7 cm long, whitish, the lower half densely spiny. [citation needed] Ecuador. Weberocereus trichophorus H.Johnson & Kimnach: Stems nearly cylindrical, spiny and densely hairy. Flower 5.5–6 cm long, pinkish. [citation needed] Costa Rica
Seven of the Costa Rican species are considered endemic, and 19 are globally threatened. Costa Rica's birds range in size from the scintillant hummingbird, at 2.2 grams and 6 cm (2.4 in), to the huge jabiru, at 6.5 kg (14.3 lb) and 150 cm (60 in) (the American white pelican is heavier, but is an accidental species).
Guarianthe skinneri is a species of orchid.It is native to Costa Rica; from Chiapas to every country in Central America. [1] Its range extends from the borders Southern Mexico to Costa Rica, a country in which it is the national flower.
The following is a list of ecoregions in Costa Rica. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and contain characteristic, geographically distinct assemblages of natural communities and species. The biodiversity of flora, fauna and ecosystems that characterise an ecoregion tends to be distinct from that of other ecoregions.
The abundance of this tree, especially in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, where it is prized for the shady relief it provides from the intense sun, coupled with its immensity, have made it a widely recognized species. It is the national tree of Costa Rica. In North America, it is often called elephant-ear tree, due to the shape of the seedpods.
Gunnera manicata, Devon, England Gunnera insignis, Costa Rica. Gunnera is the sole genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Gunneraceae, which contains 63 species.. Some species in this genus, namely those in the subgenus Panke, have extremely large le
Peltogyne purpurea is native to the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama, and also the Atlantic coast of Colombia. [3] [4] It is a common canopy tree in rainforests 50–500 meters above sea level at sites with more than 2500 mm (98.5 in) rainfall per year and temperatures from 23 to 27 °C or 73 to 80 °F. It occupies sites with well-drained ...