Costa-Rican Butterfly Vine

(Dalechampia dioscoreifolia)

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Description

alechampia dioscoreifolia is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1841. It is native to Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama) and northern and western South America (Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, northern Brazil, Bolivia, and possibly Ecuador)

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum:

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order:Malpighiales

Family:Euphorbiaceae

Genus:Dalechampia

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