Dendroseris marginata

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	ASTERALES	COMPOSITAE

Scientific Name:	Dendroseris marginata
Species Authority:	(Bert. ex Decne.) Hook. & Arn.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered B1+2c ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

History:

1997

–

Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Juan Fernández.
Countries:	Native: Chile (Juan Fernández Is.)

Population [top]

Population:	Most of the species in the genus are now reduced to a few individuals. More detailed information on the species should become available to confirm this evaluation.

Population:

Most of the species in the genus are now reduced to a few individuals. More detailed information on the species should become available to confirm this evaluation.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A genus of palm-like pachycaul trees.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Grazing by feral animals and spread of introduced weeds.

Major Threat(s):

Grazing by feral animals and spread of introduced weeds.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The islands are designated as a national park and biosphere reserve and work is being carried out by CONAF to save the native plants.

Conservation Actions:

The islands are designated as a national park and biosphere reserve and work is being carried out by CONAF to save the native plants.

Bibliography [top]

	Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Ricci, M. 1991. Letter to Hugh Synge concerning conservation status of plants of the Juan Fernandez Islands. Includes annotations to 12 Aug 1991 TPU printout for the Juan Fernandez Islands. Ricci, Marcia. 1990. Programa de conservación y recuperación de plantas amenazadas de Juan Fernandez. (Including annotations by H. Synge). WWF and IUCN. 1994. Centres of plant diversity. A guide and strategy for their conservation. IUCN Publications Unit, Cambridge, UK.

Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Ricci, M. 1991. Letter to Hugh Synge concerning conservation status of plants of the Juan Fernandez Islands. Includes annotations to 12 Aug 1991 TPU printout for the Juan Fernandez Islands.

Ricci, Marcia. 1990. Programa de conservación y recuperación de plantas amenazadas de Juan Fernandez. (Including annotations by H. Synge).

WWF and IUCN. 1994. Centres of plant diversity. A guide and strategy for their conservation. IUCN Publications Unit, Cambridge, UK.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Dendroseris marginata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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