Cedrus libani var. libani

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	PINACEAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

A. Rich.

Common Name/s:

English	–	Cedar Of Lebanon
French	–	Cèdre Du Liban

Red List Category & Criteria:

Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Conifer Specialist Group

History:

1997

–

Not Threatened (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Range Description:	Although this variety is not threatened in Turkey, it is heavily threatened in Lebanon and extremely restricted in Syria.
Countries:	Native: Lebanon; Syrian Arab Republic; Turkey
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Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

	Davis, P.H. 1965-1985. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. 9 vols. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. FAO Forestry Department. 1986. Databook on endangered tree and shrub species and their provenances. FAO, Rome. Farjon, A. et al. 1998. Data collection forms for conifer species completed by the IUCN/SSC Conifer Specialist Group between 1996 and 1998. Farjon, A., Page, C.N. and Schellevis, N. 1993. A preliminary world list of threatened conifer taxa. Biodiversity and Conservation 2: 304-326. Güner, A. 1996. Annotations to the conservation status listing of woody plants of Turkey. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Davis, P.H. 1965-1985. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. 9 vols. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.

FAO Forestry Department. 1986. Databook on endangered tree and shrub species and their provenances. FAO, Rome.

Farjon, A. et al. 1998. Data collection forms for conifer species completed by the IUCN/SSC Conifer Specialist Group between 1996 and 1998.

Farjon, A., Page, C.N. and Schellevis, N. 1993. A preliminary world list of threatened conifer taxa. Biodiversity and Conservation 2: 304-326.

Güner, A. 1996. Annotations to the conservation status listing of woody plants of Turkey.

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

Citation:	Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Cedrus libani var. libani. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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