Juglans insularis

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	JUGLANDALES	JUGLANDACEAE

Scientific Name:	Juglans insularis
Species Authority:	Griseb.

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B1+2c ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Areces-Mallea, A.E.

History:

1997

–

Indeterminate (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Range Description:	An endemic tree.
Countries:	Native: Cuba
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Population:	Undisturbed stands are very rare.

Population:

Undisturbed stands are very rare.

Habitat and Ecology:	Up to 30 m tall, occurring in all types of seasonal forest, transitional between rainforest and semi-deciduous forest. The species is typical of pristine communities and acts as an indicator of minimal disturbance.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	The habitat is one of the most suitable for tropical agriculture.

Major Threat(s):

The habitat is one of the most suitable for tropical agriculture.

	Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1997. A listing of threatened Cuban trees prepared for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Trees project. Borhidi, A. and Muñiz, O. 1983. Catálogo de Plantas Cubanas Amenazadas o Extinguidas. Acad. Ciencias de Cuba, La Habana. Brito, A.A. 1995. Letter to Wendy Strahm including annotations to: List of threatened trees of Cuba. 1-5. 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. and Muñiz, O. 1983. Catálogo de Plantas Cubanas Amenazadas o Extinguidas. Acad. Ciencias de Cuba, La Habana.

Brito, A.A. 1995. Letter to Wendy Strahm including annotations to: List of threatened trees of Cuba. 1-5.

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