''Ocotea rivularis'' is a species of
evergreen tree in the
plant genus ''
Ocotea'' of the family
Lauraceae
Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant family that includes the true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genera worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng 2016 ). They are dicotyledons, and occur ma ...
. It is
endemic to
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
.
References
rivularis
Endemic flora of Costa Rica
Trees of Central America
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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