Zanthoxylum flavum

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	SAPINDALES	RUTACEAE

Scientific Name:

Zanthoxylum flavum

Species Authority:

Vahl.

Common Name/s:

English	–	West Indian Satinwood, Yellow-head, Yellowheart, Yellow Sanders
French	–	Bois Noyer
Spanish	–	Espinillo

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1c ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Areces-Mallea, A.E.

History:

1997

–

Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	In Central America the species is represented by a single collection from Swan Island, Honduras.
Countries:	Native: Anguilla; Bahamas; Bermuda; Brazil (Amazonas); Cuba; Dominican Republic; Honduras; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Saint Lucia; United States (Florida)

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A shrub or tree up to 15 m tall, occurring in thickets and woodland on rocky limestone.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The species has been heavily exploited for its timber over a long period on all the West Indian islands. Stands are now largely depleted of mature trees and the timber is extremely rare in international trade.

Major Threat(s):

The species has been heavily exploited for its timber over a long period on all the West Indian islands. Stands are now largely depleted of mature trees and the timber is extremely rare in international trade.

Citation:	Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1998. Zanthoxylum flavum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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