Couratari guianensis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA MAGNOLIOPSIDA LECYTHIDALES LECYTHIDACEAE

Scientific Name: Couratari guianensis
Species Authority: Aublet
Common Name/s:
English – Fine-leaf Wadara
Spanish – Cachimbo, Cachimbo Caspi, Capa De Tabaco, Coco Cabuyo

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable   A2bcde   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1998
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Pires O'Brien, J.
History:
1997 – Not Threatened (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia); Colombia; Costa Rica; French Guiana; Guyana; Panama; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela

Population [top]

Population: A widespread timber species which has suffered serious population declines most particularly in Central America and Brazil. However, is reported to still be common in Suriname (P. Teunissen pers. comm. 2006).

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The timber is overexploitated and the species suffers from habitat loss.
Citation: Pires O'Brien, J. 1998. Couratari guianensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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