Quercus costaricensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	FAGALES	FAGACEAE

Scientific Name:

Quercus costaricensis

Species Authority:

Liebm.

Common Name/s:

Spanish

–

Roble Negro

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B1+2e ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Nixon, K. <i>et al.</i>

History:

1997

–

Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Occurring on Volcan Irazu and Cerro Chirripó, the species is restricted to an area of occupancy of less than 2,000 km².
Countries:	Native: Costa Rica
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Montane forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Although deforestation has been extensive in the past, these areas are now given some degree of protection.

Conservation Actions:

Although deforestation has been extensive in the past, these areas are now given some degree of protection.

Bibliography [top]

	Nixon, K., Hess, W., Coombes, A. and Rodriguez, M. 1996. Discussions on the status of Quercus species in the Americas. Regional workshop for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Trees project. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Standley, P.C. 1940. Flora of Costa Rica. Field Museum of Natural History. Botanical Series 18(1): 1-1616. 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).

Nixon, K., Hess, W., Coombes, A. and Rodriguez, M. 1996. Discussions on the status of Quercus species in the Americas. Regional workshop for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Trees project.

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

Standley, P.C. 1940. Flora of Costa Rica. Field Museum of Natural History. Botanical Series 18(1): 1-1616.

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:	Nixon, K. et al. 1998. Quercus costaricensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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