Manettia teresitae
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Manettia teresitae faces severe pressure from ongoing deforestation and agricultural expansion within its restricted range in Costa Rica's montane forests. The species' limited distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to habitat fragmentation, as small remaining forest patches become increasingly isolated. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the specific temperature and moisture conditions required by this endemic vine in its high-elevation habitat.
Habitat
This endemic vine inhabits montane cloud forests and humid premontane forests of Costa Rica, typically found at elevations between 1,200-2,000 meters. It grows as an epiphytic or climbing plant in the understory and forest edges of these moist, high-elevation tropical forests.