Gustavia fosteri

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	LECYTHIDALES	LECYTHIDACEAE

Scientific Name:

Gustavia fosteri

Species Authority:

Mori

Common Name/s:

Spanish

–

Membrillo

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable C2a ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s

Mitré, M.

History:

1997

–

Vulnerable

Range Description:	The species is restricted to Barro Colorado Island (BCI) and the surrounding area.
Countries:	Native: Panama

Population:	The populations are small

Population:

The populations are small

Habitat and Ecology:	Occurring in semi-deciduous rainforest on seasonally flooded plains.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Only a population on the Gigante Peninsula at the south of BCI is under serious pressure because of the expanding human population.

Major Threat(s):

Only a population on the Gigante Peninsula at the south of BCI is under serious pressure because of the expanding human population.

Conservation Actions:	Almost every population is contained within a protected area, including one in Soberanía National Park.

Conservation Actions:

Almost every population is contained within a protected area, including one in Soberanía National Park.

Citation:	Mitré, M. 1998. Gustavia fosteri. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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