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Costa Rica Adds New Tree Species to Its Biodiversity Record : The Tico Times | Costa Rica News

Summary by The Tico Times
Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new tree species in northern Costa Rica, a rare botanical find known so far from only a handful of trees in the Guanacaste Mountain Range. The species, Cryptocarya costaricana P.L.R.Moraes & N.Zamora, was described in Kew Bulletin by botanists Pedro Luís Rodrigues de Moraes and Nelson A. Zamora. It is considered endemic to Costa Rica, meaning it has not been found naturally anywhere else. The discover…

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The Tico Times broke the news in San José, Costa Rica on Monday, June 22, 2026.
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