Browneopsis excelsa

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	FABALES	LEGUMINOSAE

Scientific Name:	Browneopsis excelsa
Species Authority:	Pitt.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable C1 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:	At present, the species is known from three isolated localities in Darién in Panama, and from localities in Colombia and Peru.
Countries:	Native: Colombia; Panama; Peru
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs, occasionally commonly, in lowland semi-deciduous rainforest up to 600 m.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Outside Darién National Park the habitat is exposed to increasing agriculture and settlement.

Major Threat(s):

Outside Darién National Park the habitat is exposed to increasing agriculture and settlement.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	A small part of the Panamanian population is found in Darién National Park.

Conservation Actions:

A small part of the Panamanian population is found in Darién 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. 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). Woodson, R.E. et al. 1943. Flora of Panama. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 30.

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.

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).

Woodson, R.E. et al. 1943. Flora of Panama. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 30.

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