Aspidosperma polyneuron

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	GENTIANALES	APOCYNACEAE

Scientific Name:

Aspidosperma polyneuron

Species Authority:

Muell. Arg.

Common Name/s:

French	–	Peroba Açú
Spanish	–	Amargoroso, Carretto, Ib, Peroba Amarela, Peroba Mirim, Peroba Rajada, Peroba Rosa, Sobro

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered A1acd+2cd ver 2.3
Year Assessed:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Americas Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica, November 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Argentina (Misiones); Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Paraguay; Peru

Countries:

Native:

Argentina (Misiones); Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Paraguay; Peru

Population [top]

Population:	Peroba rosa is a popular timber tree, which has suffered intense exploitation and habitat loss over the past few decades. The Brazilian subpopulations are largely eroded. Subpopulations in Colombia are seriously threatened. In Paraguay, the species was relatively recently described as one of the dominant components of some areas of forest, but here too rapid population declines have resulted in the species being hard to find and no longer commercially viable to exploit. In Argentina the species is rare and confined to the north of Misiones.

Population:

Peroba rosa is a popular timber tree, which has suffered intense exploitation and habitat loss over the past few decades. The Brazilian subpopulations are largely eroded. Subpopulations in Colombia are seriously threatened. In Paraguay, the species was relatively recently described as one of the dominant components of some areas of forest, but here too rapid population declines have resulted in the species being hard to find and no longer commercially viable to exploit. In Argentina the species is rare and confined to the north of Misiones.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Timber exploitation

Major Threat(s):

Timber exploitation

Citation:	Americas Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica) 1998. Aspidosperma polyneuron. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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