Cathaya argyrophylla

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	PINACEAE

Scientific Name:	Cathaya argyrophylla
Species Authority:	Chun & Kuang

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Lower Risk/conservation dependent ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Conifer Specialist Group

History:

1997

–

Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	A monospecific genus occurring in a few disjunct localities in the eastern Dalou Mts. and in the Yuecheng range.
Countries:	Native: China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan)

Population [top]

Population:	Around 30 small to medium-sized stands occur in areas which are fairly inaccessible.

Population:

Around 30 small to medium-sized stands occur in areas which are fairly inaccessible.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The populations are well protected but there is concern that they will be replaced by faster growing broadleaved species if regeneration continues to be poor.

Major Threat(s):

The populations are well protected but there is concern that they will be replaced by faster growing broadleaved species if regeneration continues to be poor.

Citation:	Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Cathaya argyrophylla. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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