Camellia reticulata

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	THEALES	THEACEAE

Scientific Name:	Camellia reticulata
Species Authority:	Lindley

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B1+2c ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Sun, W.

History:

1997

–

Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Although the species occurs widely in cultivation, wild subpopulations are restricted to mixed montane forest in western and central Yunnan.
Countries:	Native: China (Yunnan)
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Population [top]

Population:	Subpopulations in the wild are in decline.

Population:

Subpopulations in the wild are in decline.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The demand from the horticultural industry is causing significant depletion of plants in the wild.

Major Threat(s):

The demand from the horticultural industry is causing significant depletion of plants in the wild.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species occurs widely in cultivation.

Conservation Actions:

The species occurs widely in cultivation.

Bibliography [top]

	Li-kuo, F. and Jian-ming, J. 1992. China Plant Red Data Book – Rare and Endangered Plants 1. Science Press, Beijing. National Environment Protection Bureau. 1987. The list of rare and endangered plants protected in China. Botanical Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academy Press, Beijing. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Sun, W. 1997. Completed data collection forms for trees of Yunnan.

Li-kuo, F. and Jian-ming, J. 1992. China Plant Red Data Book – Rare and Endangered Plants 1. Science Press, Beijing.

National Environment Protection Bureau. 1987. The list of rare and endangered plants protected in China. Botanical Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academy Press, Beijing.

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

Sun, W. 1997. Completed data collection forms for trees of Yunnan.

Citation:	Sun, W. 1998. Camellia reticulata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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