Adansonia grandidieri
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLANTAE | TRACHEOPHYTA | MAGNOLIOPSIDA | MALVALES | BOMBACACEAE |
| Scientific Name: | Adansonia grandidieri |
| Species Authority: | Baillon |
Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Endangered A1c+2c ver 2.3 | |||
| Year Published: | 1998 | |||
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s: | World Conservation Monitoring Centre | |||
| History: |
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Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | A large tree collected from five locations distributed between Lac Ihotry, near Morombe, and Bereboka, north of Morondava. |
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Native:
Madagascar
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Habitat and Ecology: | It probably occurred in dry deciduous forest, frequently close to bodies of water, but mature trees are now largely found in degraded agricultural lands where regeneration is poor. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
Threats [top]
| Major Threat(s): | Poor regeneration. |
Bibliography [top]
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Baum, D. 1995. A systematic revision of Adansonia (Bombacaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 82: 440-470. Jenkins, M.D. (ed.) 1987. Madagascar. An environmental profile. IUCN/UNEP/WWF, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. |
| Citation: | World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Adansonia grandidieri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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