Ternstroemia luquillensis
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| PLANTAE |
TRACHEOPHYTA |
MAGNOLIOPSIDA |
THEALES |
THEACEAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Ternstroemia luquillensis |
| Species Authority: |
Krug & Urban |
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Common Name/s:
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Critically Endangered
D
ver 2.3
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| Year Assessed: |
1998 |
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s |
World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
| History: |
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
This small tree is confined to 4–6 sites with a few scattered individuals on slopes. The genus is in the process of being taxonomically revised.
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| Countries: |
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Population
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| Population: |
There are not many more than 10 individuals in total.
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
Occurring in dwarf elfin forest or upper montane forest.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): |
The construction of communication towers and a road in the past is likely to have caused a loss of individuals from the original subpopulations.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
The plant has proved difficult to grow in cultivation.
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