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Prionostemma aspera
Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Prionostemma aspera

LC Least Concern

Names

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Scientific namePrionostemma aspera (Lam.) Miers

About this species

Prionostemma aspera is species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae, and the sole species in genus Prionstemma. It is a scrambling shrub or tree native to the tropical Americas, native from Nayarit in western Mexico to Honduras, and from Costa Rica through northern South America to Bolivia and Northeastern Brazil. It grows in lowland tropical moist forests.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderCelastrales
FamilyCelastraceae
GenusPrionostemma

In Suriname

72Records in Suriname
1953First record
2017Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini28
  • Para7
  • Brokopondo2
  • Commewijne1
  • Nickerie1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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