The Central American Pacific Islands is a biogeographical area used in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. It has the Level 3 code "CPI". It consists of a number of islands off the western coast of Central America in the Pacific Ocean: Clipperton Island, Cocos Island and Malpelo Island.[1]
Clipperton Island is the most north-westerly, lying off Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Politically it belongs to France.[2] Cocos Island and Malpelo Island lie south of Panama, although Cocos Island belongs to Costa Rica[3] and Malpelo Island to Colombia.[4]