Gustavia monocaulis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	LECYTHIDALES	LECYTHIDACEAE

Scientific Name:	Gustavia monocaulis
Species Authority:	Mori

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered C1+2a ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Mitré, M.

History:

1997

–

Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	In Panama, the species is known from forest along the highway running from El Llano to Carti-Tupile in Kunayala Indigenous Reserve. It is easily confused with G. grandibracteata, which may explain why there have been no recent collections in this region. The species has also been identified from recent collections in Antioquia in Colombia, and in Darién in Panama.
Countries:	Native: Colombia; Panama
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The forest is rapidly disappearing and being colonised by campesinos.

Major Threat(s):

The forest is rapidly disappearing and being colonised by campesinos.

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 monocaulis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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