Aspidosperma polyneuron

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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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 Published:	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
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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

Bibliography [top]

	Atkin, J. 1998. Comments on tree species from Paraguay. Calderon, E. (compiler) 1997. Lista de plantas Colombianas en peligro. July 1997 Version. Instituto de Investigacino de Recursos Biologicas Alexander von Humboldt. (unpublished). Centro de Datos para la Conservación-CDC-CVC. 1980. Lista preliminar de plantas especiales del Centro de Datos para la conservación, CDC-CVC (unpublished). Chebez, Juan Carlos. 1994. Los que se van. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Albatros. FAO Forestry Department. 1986. Databook on endangered tree and shrub species and their provenances. FAO, Rome. 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). WCMC. (comp.) 1996. Report of the Second Regional Workshop, held at CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica, 18-20 November 1996. Conservation and Sustainable Management of Trees project (unpublished).

Atkin, J. 1998. Comments on tree species from Paraguay.

Calderon, E. (compiler) 1997. Lista de plantas Colombianas en peligro. July 1997 Version. Instituto de Investigacino de Recursos Biologicas Alexander von Humboldt. (unpublished).

Centro de Datos para la Conservación-CDC-CVC. 1980. Lista preliminar de plantas especiales del Centro de Datos para la conservación, CDC-CVC (unpublished).

Chebez, Juan Carlos. 1994. Los que se van. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Albatros.

FAO Forestry Department. 1986. Databook on endangered tree and shrub species and their provenances. FAO, Rome.

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).

WCMC. (comp.) 1996. Report of the Second Regional Workshop, held at CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica, 18-20 November 1996. Conservation and Sustainable Management of Trees project (unpublished).

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 25 May 2012.
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