Quararibea platyphylla

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Quararibea platyphylla.jpg

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Mitré, M. |date=1998 |title=Quararibea platyphylla |volume=1998 |page=e.T37806A10077662 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T37806A10077662.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| genus = Quararibea

| species = platyphylla

| authority = Pitt. & J.D. Smith

}}

Quararibea platyphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Trivia

Quararibea platyphylla is often confused with Quararibea costaricensis, a much more common species, inhabiting the same region. {{Cite journal |last=Alverson |first=William S. |date=1989-01-01 |title=Quararibea (Bombacaceae): Five new species from moist and wet forests of Costa Rica and Panama |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/2807592 |journal=Brittonia |language=en |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=61–74 |doi=10.2307/2807592 |issn=1938-436X}}

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