| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| PLANTAE | TRACHEOPHYTA | MAGNOLIOPSIDA | LAURALES | GOMORTEGACEAE |
| Scientific Name: | Gomortega keule | |||
| Species Authority: | (Molina) Baill. | |||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Lucuma keule Molina
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Endangered A1cd ver 2.3 | |||
| Year Assessed: | 1998 | |||
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s: | González, M. | |||
| History: |
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| Range Description: | A species of taxonomic interest, belonging to an ancient monotypic family. It is known from a very restricted distribution in the Coastal Cordillera of central Chile. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Chile (Biobío, Maule)
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Occurring in forest on the south-facing slopes of humid ravines. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | The subpopulations are unprotected and under threat from logging and forest management activities, fire and agricultural encroachment. |
| Citation: | González, M. 1998. Gomortega keule. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 February 2012. |
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