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Tapura orbicularis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA MAGNOLIOPSIDA CELASTRALES DICHAPETALACEAE

Scientific Name: Tapura orbicularis
Species Authority: Ekman ex Urban

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable   B1+2c   ver 2.3
Year Published: 1998
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Areces-Mallea, A.E.
History:
1997 Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Sierra de Nipe in Holguín Province.
Countries:
Native:
Cuba
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Known only from the montane edaphic climax shrubwoods and forests.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): This rare tree is suffering from habitat destruction resulting from logging and mining activities.

Bibliography [top]

Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1997. A listing of threatened Cuban trees prepared for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Trees project.

Borhidi, A. 1992. Letter to Hugh Synge concerning conservation status of Cuban plants. Includes annotations to 27 Aug 1991 TPU printout for Cuba.

Borhidi, A. and Muñiz, O. 1983. Catálogo de Plantas Cubanas Amenazadas o Extinguidas. Acad. Ciencias de Cuba, La Habana.

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).

Citation: Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1998. Tapura orbicularis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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