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Ximenia roigii

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA MAGNOLIOPSIDA SANTALALES OLACACEAE

Scientific Name: Ximenia roigii
Species Authority: León

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 Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: A locally endemic shrub or treelet confined to the coastal areas between Puerto Padre and Playa Herradura in north-east Cuba.
Countries:
Native:
Cuba
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It is scattered in dry evergreen forests and scrub on flat 'dog-tooth' limestone terraces.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The species has declined through cutting, logging and tourism.

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. Ximenia roigii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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