Amburana cearensis

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	FABALES	LEGUMINOSAE

Scientific Name:

Amburana cearensis

Species Authority:

(Fr. Allem.) A.C. Smith

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Umburana Do Cheiro

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)

Range Description:	A frequent tree of caatinga, occasional in the Andes, becoming rarer further south into Argentina.
Countries:	Native: Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Paraguay; Peru

Population:	All stands of large trees are being or have been destroyed. Regeneration appears to be poor where adequate management is not in place.

Population:

All stands of large trees are being or have been destroyed. Regeneration appears to be poor where adequate management is not in place.

Habitat and Ecology:	Catinga habitat and deciduous forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	All stands of large trees are being or have been destroyed, previously through mahogany logging and now through selective logging.

Major Threat(s):

All stands of large trees are being or have been destroyed, previously through mahogany logging and now through selective logging.

Conservation Actions:	Small trees grow around granite outcrops where they are safe from commercial exploitation.

Conservation Actions:

Small trees grow around granite outcrops where they are safe from commercial exploitation.

Citation:	Americas Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica) 1998. Amburana cearensis. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009.
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