Myrtus claraensis

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	MYRTALES	MYRTACEAE

Scientific Name:	Myrtus claraensis
Species Authority:	(Urban) Bisse

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered B1+2c ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Areces-Mallea, A.E.

History:

1997

–

Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Range Description:	This shrub, sometimes a small tree, is confined to the coastal areas of Casilda in Sancti Spiritus province.
Countries:	Native: Cuba
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Population:	Very uncommon.

Population:

Very uncommon.

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Housing development and the expansion of tourism have caused extremely severe habitat decline.

Major Threat(s):

Housing development and the expansion of tourism have caused extremely severe habitat decline.

	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.

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.

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