Cojoba costaricensis | |
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Conservation status
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Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: | Cojoba |
Species: | C. costaricensis
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Binomial name | |
Cojoba costaricensis Britton and Rose
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Cojoba costaricensis (common names include Angel's hair) is a species in the Cojoba genus in the family Fabaceae.[2] The native range of this species is Nicaragua to Panama. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.[3] Occurs commonly in mature forest at 1400-1600m in Costa Rica, especially in Monteverde. 5-15m tall subcanopy tree, with doubly compound fern-like leaves. There are tiny extrafloral nectar glands between each pair of leaflets.[4] Cojoba costaricensis does not close its leaves at night in nyctinistic movement like other legumes.
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