| Lacunaria crenata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Ochnaceae |
| Genus: | Lacunaria |
| Species: | L. crenata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lacunaria crenata | |
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Lacunaria crenata is a species of flowering plant in the family Ochnaceae, native from Central America to Brazil. [1] It was first described by Edmond Tulasne in 1849 as Quiina crenata. [2]
Lacunaria crenata is native to Central America (Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua and Panama) and northern South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela). [1]
As of 2023 [update] , Plants of the World Online accepted two subspecies: [1]
Lacunaria panamensis was assessed as "endangered" in the 1998 IUCN Red List, where it is said to be native only to Costa Rica, Honduras, and Panama. [3] As of February 2023 [update] , L. panamensis was regarded as a synonym of L. crenata subsp. crenata, which has a much wider distribution, being found throughout the range of L. crenata. [4]
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