Polylepis tarapacana

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	ROSALES	ROSACEAE

Scientific Name:

Polylepis tarapacana

Species Authority:

Phil.

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Queñoa De Altura

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3
Year Assessed:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	A small tree or shrub found only in sparse and scattered stands in the volcanic Western Cordillera in the border regions of Bolivia, Peru and Chile.
Countries:	Native: Bolivia; Chile; Peru Presence uncertain: Argentina

Population [top]

Population:	Populations seriously declined in the past (more than three generations ago) but their present status appears to be stable.

Population:

Populations seriously declined in the past (more than three generations ago) but their present status appears to be stable.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is probably the only tree in the world growing up to altitudes of 5,200 m.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Locally it is of great importance as a source of firewood and even of construction timber.

Major Threat(s):

Locally it is of great importance as a source of firewood and even of construction timber.

Bibliography [top]

	Fjeldså, J. 1997. Comments on Polylepis species and their evaluation. Fjeldså, J. and Kessler, M. 1996. Conserving the biological diversity of Polylepis woodlands of the highland of Peru and Bolivia. NORDECO, Copenhagen. Kessler, M. 1997. Comments on the conservation status of Polylepis species. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Simpson, B. 1979. A revision of the genus Polylepis (Rosaceae: Sanguisorbeae). Smithsonian Contribution to Botany 43: 1-62. 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).

Fjeldså, J. 1997. Comments on Polylepis species and their evaluation.

Fjeldså, J. and Kessler, M. 1996. Conserving the biological diversity of Polylepis woodlands of the highland of Peru and Bolivia. NORDECO, Copenhagen.

Kessler, M. 1997. Comments on the conservation status of Polylepis species.

Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Simpson, B. 1979. A revision of the genus Polylepis (Rosaceae: Sanguisorbeae). Smithsonian Contribution to Botany 43: 1-62.

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:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Polylepis tarapacana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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