BCI basal area for 10 cm dbh and above

Total basal area (sq m) in 50 ha of forest for each species in each of the censuses.
Valid species names are linked to Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database.
The taxonomic families are linked to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website.

Species NameFamily198219851990199520002005
Abarema macradenia Fabaceae:Mimos.0.1060.1800.2800.3800.4910.570
Acacia melanoceras Fabaceae:Mimos.0.0310.0150.0200.0380.0190.022
Acalypha diversifolia Euphorbiaceae0.0410.0640.0260.0250.0270.019
Acalypha macrostachya Euphorbiaceae0.0400.0000.0190.0110.0190.024
Adelia triloba Euphorbiaceae2.9142.9242.7762.4852.4072.092
Aegiphila panamensis Verbenaceae0.3520.3260.3530.3520.3500.296
Alchornea costaricensis Euphorbiaceae12.77113.32111.63411.16710.69010.962
Alchornea latifolia Euphorbiaceae0.0420.0450.0460.0230.0340.040
Alibertia edulis Rubiaceae0.0300.0170.0290.0090.0000.000
Allophylus psilospermus Sapindaceae0.6910.7190.5980.6060.5110.625
Alseis blackiana Rubiaceae65.97060.55961.40361.68064.49165.329
Amaioua corymbosa Rubiaceae0.1010.1000.1240.0280.0290.031
Anacardium excelsum Anacardiaceae39.78533.59234.80334.05731.24429.348
Andira inermis Fabaceae:Papil.0.9840.8480.6760.5410.5720.640
Annona acuminata Annonaceae0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.011
Annona spraguei Annonaceae0.4810.4610.5700.7410.7930.516
Apeiba 'hybrid'Tiliaceae0.2350.1470.0000.0000.0000.000
Apeiba membranacea Tiliaceae41.57432.77732.47031.05732.38829.526
Apeiba tibourbou Tiliaceae1.3911.0900.8380.9600.9390.849
Ardisia fendleri Myrsinaceae0.0080.0140.0000.0000.0000.000
Aspidosperma spruceanum Apocynaceae5.7376.4497.1938.0489.2719.966
Astrocaryum standleyanum Arecaceae3.4553.5213.1972.9502.7042.378
Astronium graveolens Anacardiaceae5.7313.9374.2914.5643.9284.125
Attalea butyracea Arecaceae4.8764.4054.0003.7143.3673.822
Banara guianensis Flacourtiaceae0.0000.0000.0000.0150.0000.000
Beilschmiedia pendula Lauraceae34.82728.65929.89729.43129.74828.056
Brosimum alicastrum Moraceae50.96127.22328.82527.70726.39227.294
Brosimum guianense Moraceae0.0130.0130.0140.0140.0000.000
Calophyllum longifolium Clusiaceae5.9536.0416.3015.9426.5296.843
Capparis frondosa Capparaceae0.0000.0080.0000.0000.0000.000
Casearia aculeata Flacourtiaceae0.3020.3110.2940.3000.2580.208
Casearia arborea Flacourtiaceae12.58410.5039.2638.3007.2145.456
Casearia commersoniana Flacourtiaceae0.0190.0290.0300.0300.0300.032
Casearia guianensis Flacourtiaceae0.0080.0080.0090.0170.0170.008
Casearia sylvestris Flacourtiaceae1.6451.5271.3871.3461.2481.108
Cassipourea elliptica Rhizophoraceae2.1912.3012.0212.2132.3602.460
Cavanillesia platanifolia Bombacaceae20.20121.69623.81123.26125.51225.718
Cecropia insignis Cecropiaceae19.80216.75218.11518.63219.75519.581
Cecropia longipes Cecropiaceae0.0000.0000.0000.0210.0690.079
Cecropia obtusifolia Cecropiaceae1.2180.7990.6880.7721.0372.174
Cedrela odorata Meliaceae0.0450.0530.0740.0800.1380.127
Ceiba pentandra Bombacaceae75.32760.88362.54453.71356.55655.422
Celtis schippii Ulmaceae0.7550.7370.6670.7080.8170.942
Cespedesia spathulata Ochnaceae0.2500.1660.2260.2690.1370.139
Chamguava schippii Myrtaceae0.0080.0100.0190.0280.0590.062
Chimarrhis parviflora Rubiaceae0.0000.0080.0180.0210.0370.052
Chrysochlamys eclipes Clusiaceae0.0170.0460.0260.0190.0290.028
Chrysophyllum argenteum Sapotaceae3.7793.7733.9563.9143.9633.585
Chrysophyllum cainito Sapotaceae5.7833.6184.7594.7705.1914.664
Cinnamomum triplinerve Lauraceae1.6261.6191.4141.4181.4511.257
Coccoloba coronata Polygonaceae0.7350.7130.6770.7120.6760.630
Coccoloba manzinellensis Polygonaceae0.1660.1730.2030.2180.2190.215
Cojoba rufescens Fabaceae:Mimos.0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.011
Colubrina glandulosa Rhamnaceae0.2010.1600.1730.1700.1800.171
Cordia alliodora Boraginaceae4.1943.8933.8394.2794.5544.582
Cordia bicolor Boraginaceae12.58712.27313.54714.37615.03415.686
Cordia lasiocalyx Boraginaceae6.1056.5106.4265.2594.2703.520
Coussarea curvigemmia Rubiaceae0.4480.5390.6700.6500.7440.739
Coutarea hexandra Rubiaceae0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0100.017
Croton billbergianus Euphorbiaceae1.1631.0771.1861.5301.3450.950
Cupania cinerea Sapindaceae0.0300.0360.0450.0470.0000.000
Cupania latifolia Sapindaceae0.2640.3810.4720.5820.7030.841
Cupania rufescens Sapindaceae0.2210.2710.3360.2340.0650.080
Cupania seemannii Sapindaceae0.3860.3780.4510.5300.5850.675
Dendropanax arboreus Araliaceae8.2038.1547.6607.1446.1274.731
Desmopsis panamensis Annonaceae0.1730.1360.1050.1180.1220.103
Diospyros artanthifolia Ebenaceae0.1870.2250.2660.3170.3550.332
Dipteryx oleifera Fabaceae:Papil.22.68715.73117.73217.44818.69419.379
Drypetes standleyi Euphorbiaceae6.3146.9588.2319.0679.98010.515
Elaeis oleifera Arecaceae3.3323.4132.5192.0112.1442.363
Enterolobium schomburgkii Fabaceae:Mimos.0.0560.0660.1300.1650.1800.216
Erythrina costaricensis Fabaceae:Papil.0.5900.5860.3930.3400.3350.224
Erythroxylum macrophyllum Erythroxylaceae0.2230.2680.2500.2920.2720.250
Eugenia coloradoensis Myrtaceae2.5642.3982.4622.4882.3002.007
Eugenia galalonensis Myrtaceae0.3710.4200.2900.2480.3160.364
Eugenia nesiotica Myrtaceae2.5552.1262.2912.0632.0491.901
Eugenia oerstediana Myrtaceae3.9963.8524.0964.0244.3534.267
Faramea occidentalis Rubiaceae15.04817.09120.13820.83622.39723.602
Ficus bullenei Moraceae0.1690.0860.0920.0000.0000.000
Ficus colubrinae Moraceae0.0110.0140.0130.0140.0140.000
Ficus costaricana Moraceae14.39211.8976.0918.5078.84913.438
Ficus insipida Moraceae2.5781.0111.2871.3250.7960.062
Ficus maxima Moraceae1.2160.5560.3330.3600.3960.451
Ficus obtusifolia Moraceae17.9576.8558.0803.7095.7665.308
Ficus popenoei Moraceae1.7492.1423.8803.9333.9214.221
Ficus tonduzii Moraceae2.0491.3310.9720.6760.5500.358
Ficus trigonata Moraceae11.1123.3364.5495.0122.6464.914
Ficus yoponensis Moraceae3.9922.4642.5282.6692.0742.185
Garcinia intermedia Clusiaceae1.5681.4211.4831.5831.8512.064
Garcinia madruno Clusiaceae0.4550.4230.4130.2690.2090.193
Genipa americana Rubiaceae0.7591.0401.1901.3511.2971.100
Guapira standleyana Nyctaginaceae12.35512.25812.09211.18011.95511.908
Guarea 'fuzzy'Meliaceae2.0581.9371.7701.3351.1891.011
Guarea grandifolia Meliaceae1.2651.1761.6301.7031.7892.096
Guarea guidonia Meliaceae15.02814.51114.82014.67914.34514.561
Guatteria dumetorum Annonaceae24.48417.21417.55416.15315.89114.345
Guazuma ulmifolia Sterculiaceae4.3003.0904.5644.9905.3895.806
Guettarda foliacea Rubiaceae2.0582.0181.8151.7951.5471.259
Gustavia superba Lecythidaceae19.07819.94820.71520.61921.04720.978
Hamelia axillaris Rubiaceae0.0090.0000.0000.0000.0000.000
Hampea appendiculata Malvaceae1.9011.5181.2080.8570.4980.331
Hasseltia floribunda Flacourtiaceae5.1505.2105.2374.9834.3413.894
Heisteria acuminata Olacaceae0.0690.0810.0910.0900.1090.087
Heisteria concinna Olacaceae7.9317.7228.1528.4278.6528.793
Hieronyma alchorneoides Euphorbiaceae14.88011.49011.97011.33211.51111.370
Hirtella americana Chrysobalanaceae0.4360.3310.2470.2040.0520.032
Hirtella triandra Chrysobalanaceae15.32615.85216.76317.76418.22518.927
Hura crepitans Euphorbiaceae80.43865.52267.39963.64365.66566.428
Hybanthus prunifolius Violaceae0.0290.0320.0080.0000.0000.000
Inga acuminata Fabaceae:Mimos.0.2380.3020.4080.4700.6640.953
Inga cocleensis Fabaceae:Mimos.0.7560.7110.7210.4660.2890.056
Inga goldmanii Fabaceae:Mimos.2.3461.6691.5381.5481.3420.972
Inga laurina Fabaceae:Mimos.0.8800.6650.6430.6960.7440.451
Inga marginata Fabaceae:Mimos.5.1813.3733.8464.8666.2196.039
Inga nobilis Fabaceae:Mimos.0.4990.4990.6930.8300.9560.953
Inga oerstediana Fabaceae:Mimos.0.1580.0580.0730.0790.0900.103
Inga pezizifera Fabaceae:Mimos.1.3510.5220.2380.4020.4770.489
Inga punctata Fabaceae:Mimos.0.4510.3180.4520.4840.5260.462
Inga ruiziana Fabaceae:Mimos.0.2600.1600.1050.0860.0850.074
Inga sapindoides Fabaceae:Mimos.1.1191.1691.3421.3741.4591.538
Inga spectabilis Fabaceae:Mimos.0.4590.5020.5700.6940.7490.812
Inga thibaudiana Fabaceae:Mimos.0.1240.1490.2560.5040.7931.097
Inga umbellifera Fabaceae:Mimos.0.2190.1710.1210.1380.1670.142
Jacaranda copaia Bignoniaceae30.53032.29535.90638.43441.82142.898
Lacistema aggregatum Flacourtiaceae0.6570.5970.5750.5050.4580.445
Lacmellea panamensis Apocynaceae0.8070.8351.0531.4521.5001.714
Laetia procera Flacourtiaceae0.8880.8080.9360.6780.8070.942
Laetia thamnia Flacourtiaceae0.1580.1730.2680.3000.3200.330
Lafoensia punicifolia Lythraceae0.8710.4490.4900.5340.5180.219
Licania hypoleuca Chrysobalanaceae0.6360.5630.5310.5030.3800.374
Licania platypus Chrysobalanaceae3.7761.6961.8311.7430.6620.631
Lindackeria laurina Flacourtiaceae4.2404.0303.3492.5092.0971.908
Lonchocarpus heptaphyllus Fabaceae:Papil.8.4708.2946.3265.6675.6674.985
Lozania pittieri Flacourtiaceae0.0560.0460.0000.0000.0000.000
Luehea seemannii Tiliaceae24.69818.08619.08518.15818.65818.613
Maclura tinctoria Moraceae0.0000.0100.0190.0350.0550.083
Macrocnemum roseum Rubiaceae2.3592.2261.5461.6361.7051.519
Maquira guianensis Moraceae3.3162.9312.4002.1501.9611.879
Margaritaria nobilis Euphorbiaceae0.0110.0160.0220.0330.0350.020
Marila laxiflora Clusiaceae0.2550.2830.2790.3170.2190.261
Maytenus schippii Celastraceae1.0451.0241.0000.6300.5780.590
Miconia affinis Melastomataceae0.0260.0120.0770.0920.0830.056
Miconia argentea Melastomataceae1.5941.6541.6291.7891.9301.891
Miconia elata Melastomataceae0.0320.0450.0330.0240.0240.024
Miconia hondurensis Melastomataceae0.1960.0780.1080.1170.1310.109
Miconia prasina Melastomataceae0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0090.011
Mosannona garwoodii Annonaceae0.1520.1670.1990.1710.1930.198
Mouriri myrtilloides Melastomataceae0.0000.0130.0000.0000.0000.000
Myrcia gatunensis Myrtaceae0.0850.0960.1240.1340.1380.017
Myrospermum frutescens Fabaceae:Papil.0.6470.6880.6830.6270.6490.654
Nectandra 'fuzzy'Lauraceae0.0570.0000.0000.0000.0090.010
Nectandra cissiflora Lauraceae0.7790.6720.7590.9350.7570.934
Nectandra lineata Lauraceae0.5400.3250.4710.5540.7500.629
Nectandra purpurea Lauraceae0.0760.0100.0270.0420.0480.101
Ochroma pyramidale Bombacaceae0.0530.2340.4620.6840.5410.948
Ocotea cernua Lauraceae0.5040.6220.5790.7130.6390.763
Ocotea oblonga Lauraceae2.7382.1531.4471.5622.1582.713
Ocotea puberula Lauraceae0.3530.4970.8630.9981.4281.720
Ocotea whitei Lauraceae33.10820.05922.31922.23419.47818.035
Oenocarpus mapora Arecaceae16.11515.92014.91315.10214.71913.832
Ormosia amazonica Fabaceae:Papil.0.0110.0100.0120.0100.0100.010
Ormosia coccinea Fabaceae:Papil.0.7790.6390.6870.7640.8050.850
Ormosia macrocalyx Fabaceae:Papil.1.1531.1971.1270.6480.6840.745
Pachira quinata Bombacaceae0.0870.0130.0620.1010.1190.137
Pachira sessilis Bombacaceae1.2650.7731.0010.6830.7360.756
Pentagonia macrophylla Rubiaceae0.0230.0180.0170.0000.0090.000
Perebea xanthochyma Moraceae0.2190.2350.2960.3160.3130.340
Picramnia latifolia Picramniaceae0.5220.5430.6220.6620.5820.600
Piper cordulatum Piperaceae0.0080.0000.0000.0000.0000.000
Piper reticulatum Piperaceae0.1170.1100.0890.0870.0980.088
Platymiscium pinnatum Fabaceae:Papil.10.7369.2889.0369.1518.7337.832
Platypodium elegans Fabaceae:Papil.23.50818.81215.49713.44012.01811.214
Posoqueria latifolia Rubiaceae0.6210.6230.5940.6900.6590.473
Poulsenia armata Moraceae39.56431.83826.76724.89023.41622.960
Pourouma bicolor Cecropiaceae0.4230.5260.6780.7460.9111.199
Pouteria fossicola Sapotaceae0.5700.3570.3900.4290.4370.422
Pouteria reticulata Sapotaceae15.29412.70413.54615.19717.09917.929
Pouteria stipitata Sapotaceae1.3281.3491.4571.5231.5481.656
Prioria copaifera Fabaceae:Caesal.53.50057.17158.45760.21862.71668.024
Protium confusum Burseraceae0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.008
Protium costaricense Burseraceae2.0391.7511.7541.8441.6681.742
Protium panamense Burseraceae1.3250.8230.8600.8400.8420.558
Protium tenuifolium Burseraceae15.92714.61315.41115.33615.98115.875
Pseudobombax septenatum Bombacaceae6.9494.9885.4925.8694.2564.388
Psidium friedrichsthalianum Myrtaceae0.1010.1070.1110.1120.1160.120
Psychotria grandis Rubiaceae0.0160.0180.0200.0210.0240.030
Psychotria horizontalis Rubiaceae0.0000.0080.0000.0000.0000.000
Pterocarpus belizensis Fabaceae:Papil.0.0900.0740.0000.0000.0000.000
Pterocarpus rohrii Fabaceae:Papil.10.0174.8093.3672.5762.3061.467
Quararibea asterolepis Bombacaceae197.504106.054104.49396.68297.02085.674
Quassia amara Simaroubaceae0.0760.0790.0670.0390.0440.045
Randia armata Rubiaceae3.8293.8163.7793.8423.7993.807
Rinorea sylvatica Violaceae0.0270.0000.0000.0000.0000.008
Sapium 'broadleaf'Euphorbiaceae0.3020.2750.2810.3140.3410.261
Sapium glandulosum Euphorbiaceae5.4803.0533.1742.4102.5162.135
Schefflera morototoni Araliaceae0.0460.0480.0000.0000.0000.000
Schizolobium parahyba Fabaceae:Caesal.0.0080.0100.0110.0230.0350.077
Senna dariensis Fabaceae:Caesal.0.0090.0210.0080.0090.0110.012
Simarouba amara Simaroubaceae13.08514.10515.09815.99316.41715.313
Siparuna guianensis Monimiaceae0.3640.3350.3220.2640.2100.167
Siparuna pauciflora Monimiaceae0.2940.3120.2490.1910.1870.181
Sloanea terniflora Elaeocarpaceae11.8568.2336.9376.9555.9996.088
Socratea exorrhiza Arecaceae5.2605.2034.2464.2323.9653.650
Solanum hayesii Solanaceae0.6510.4750.2610.2420.2810.234
Sorocea affinis Moraceae0.4780.4150.3120.2920.2260.182
Spachea membranacea Malpighiaceae0.1030.1180.0960.0930.0950.093
Spondias mombin Anacardiaceae5.5553.7993.9574.5655.0424.899
Spondias radlkoferi Anacardiaceae6.2186.0456.4696.9327.8267.935
Stemmadenia grandiflora Apocynaceae0.0280.0280.0000.0000.0000.000
Sterculia apetala Sterculiaceae6.9354.5097.1296.1116.2328.708
Stylogyne turbacensis Myrsinaceae0.0090.0080.0000.0000.0000.000
Swartzia simplex_var.grandiflora Fabaceae:Papil.4.6844.8464.9345.0905.2325.275
Swartzia simplex_var.ochnacea Fabaceae:Papil.1.5921.7311.9191.8781.9542.110
Symphonia globulifera Clusiaceae5.2042.2161.8861.7341.6851.411
Tabebuia guayacan Bignoniaceae9.1929.2778.1338.5719.0898.251
Tabebuia rosea Bignoniaceae9.8206.2056.1665.6865.8236.257
Tabernaemontana arborea Apocynaceae27.87226.35625.84825.12027.33627.946
Tachigali versicolor Fabaceae:Caesal.13.0628.0158.8129.78312.7657.757
Talisia nervosa Sapindaceae0.0080.0100.0090.0090.0090.009
Talisia princeps Sapindaceae0.0570.0760.0370.0270.0260.027
Terminalia amazonia Combretaceae4.6402.4763.4253.5694.0173.763
Terminalia oblonga Combretaceae7.6425.2057.2006.2476.4466.401
Ternstroemia tepezapote Theaceae0.0000.0000.0080.0000.0000.000
Tetragastris panamensis Burseraceae28.41326.50927.54827.64128.44928.216
Tetrathylacium johansenii Flacourtiaceae1.4991.3510.9281.1401.2091.028
Theobroma cacao Sterculiaceae0.2540.2810.2610.2400.1730.174
Thevetia ahouai Apocynaceae0.0240.0180.0170.0260.0180.009
Tocoyena pittieri Rubiaceae0.7060.7810.8130.5340.5720.594
Trattinnickia aspera Burseraceae5.5605.1404.4283.9844.1534.202
Trema micrantha Ulmaceae1.4611.6190.9721.3381.5581.689
Trichanthera gigantea Acanthaceae0.0320.0320.0230.0230.0260.027
Trichilia pallida Meliaceae1.6241.6241.8551.7391.8211.922
Trichilia tuberculata Meliaceae117.772103.52193.42288.64883.26673.154
Trichospermum galeottii Tiliaceae0.2560.3380.1630.0790.1450.163
Triplaris cumingiana Polygonaceae4.3054.0774.3614.3454.3764.421
Trophis caucana Moraceae0.6060.5490.3980.3500.4050.541
Trophis racemosa Moraceae1.6841.4811.1700.8910.7400.567
Turpinia occidentalis Staphyleaceae3.3252.4572.2452.1932.3062.234
Unonopsis pittieri Annonaceae2.8723.0483.4283.5273.8533.878
Virola multiflora Myristicaceae2.1551.4921.9612.0792.0651.782
Virola sebifera Myristicaceae22.11018.03419.79820.02419.98518.863
Virola surinamensis Myristicaceae38.76521.76024.63923.71523.13222.328
Vismia baccifera Clusiaceae0.0190.0380.0290.0090.0170.018
Vismia macrophylla Clusiaceae0.0110.0000.0000.0000.0000.000
Vochysia ferruginea Vochysiaceae0.3330.5190.7020.8470.8461.018
Xylopia macrantha Annonaceae1.5791.8612.3712.7202.9043.400
Zanthoxylum acuminatum Rutaceae0.6760.6760.8290.8650.9920.958
Zanthoxylum ekmanii Rutaceae11.22712.80112.55913.88916.74517.150
Zanthoxylum panamense Rutaceae4.3513.7103.6433.5333.8703.510
Zanthoxylum setulosum Rutaceae0.0470.0550.0530.0660.0910.100
Zuelania guidonia Flacourtiaceae0.3900.4450.4600.4580.3910.369
Unidentified speciesNA0.0780.1640.2370.3430.3570.000
TOTAL 1716.351381.621394.481362.691382.271355.59