Gustavia fosteri

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	LECYTHIDALES	LECYTHIDACEAE

Scientific Name:

Gustavia fosteri

Species Authority:

Mori

Common Name/s:

Spanish

–

Membrillo

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable C2a ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Mitré, M.

History:

1997

–

Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

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

Population:	The populations are small

Population:

The populations are small

Habitat and Ecology [top]

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

Threats [top]

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 [top]

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.

Bibliography [top]

	Mitre, M.E. 1997. Completed data collection forms for trees of Panama. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Prance, G.T. and Mori, S. 1979. Lecythidaceae - Part I. The actinomorphic-flowered New World Lecythidaceae (Asteranthus, Gustavia, Grias, Allantoma and Cariniana). The Nature Conservancy. 1996. Natural Heritage Central Database. (Status and distribution data on Latin American plants, developed in collaboration with Latin American Conservation Data Centers and Missouri Botanical Garden).

Mitre, M.E. 1997. Completed data collection forms for trees of Panama.

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

Prance, G.T. and Mori, S. 1979. Lecythidaceae - Part I. The actinomorphic-flowered New World Lecythidaceae (Asteranthus, Gustavia, Grias, Allantoma and Cariniana).

The Nature Conservancy. 1996. Natural Heritage Central Database. (Status and distribution data on Latin American plants, developed in collaboration with Latin American Conservation Data Centers and Missouri Botanical Garden).

Citation:	Mitré, M. 1998. Gustavia fosteri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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