Wigandia urens (Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth

MONRO, A. K., SANTAMARÍA-AGUILAR, D., GONZÁLEZ, F., CHACÓN, O., SOLANO, D., RODRÍGUEZ, A., ZAMORA, N., FEDELE, E. & CORREA, M., 2017, A first checklist to the vascular plants of La Amistad International Park (PILA), Costa Rica-Panama, Phytotaxa 322 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

Wigandia urens (Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth

Ortiga de montaña, Tabacón, Ortiga, Ortiga blanca (CR). Terrestrial shrubs or trees.Distribution in PILA 0–3400 m, low elevation mixed forest, mixed forest in transition to low elevation forest, mixed forest in transition to cloud forest, cloud forest, low elevation oak forest, páramo, sabana natural grassland. Global distribution: Mexico to Brazil. Records: D. Solano 5125 (BM, INB, MO, PMA), D. Solano 5239 (BM, INB, MO, PMA), N. Zamora 4156 (BM, INB, MO, PMA). Uses: medicinal.

BRASSICACEAE

℮ Brassica rapa L.

Pak-choi y Pet-sai, Repollo chino, Nabo (CR).

Terrestrial herbs. Distribution in PILA 1000–3000 m, mixed forest in transition to low elevation forest, mixed forest in transition to cloud forest, cloud forest, low elevation oak forest, high elevation oak forest. Global distribution: Canada to Chile. Records: C. Hamilton 3668 (MO).