Pinus merkusii

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	PINACEAE

Scientific Name:

Pinus merkusii

Species Authority:

Jungh. & De Vriese

Common Name/s:

English

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Merkus Pine, Mindoro Pine, Sumatran Pine

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B1+2cde ver 2.3

Year Published:

2000

Assessor/s:

Conifer Specialist Group

History:

1998	–	Vulnerable (Oldfield et al. 1998)
1997	–	Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Found in Sumatra around Lake Toba following the mountains north-east, and also in the Philippines.
Countries:	Native: Indonesia (Sumatera); Philippines; Viet Nam Introduced: Thailand
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	An important timber tree known from open pine woodlands.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	High levels of exploitation have resulted in populations being reduced to very low levels in the Philippines. In Sumatra the timber continues to be extracted. The effects on the population here are yet to be confirmed but are not thought to be as severe.

Major Threat(s):

High levels of exploitation have resulted in populations being reduced to very low levels in the Philippines. In Sumatra the timber continues to be extracted. The effects on the population here are yet to be confirmed but are not thought to be as severe.

Bibliography [top]

	Cooling, E.N.G. 1968. Pinus merkusii - fast growing timber trees of the tropics. Farjon, A., Page, C.N. and Schellevis, N. 1993. A preliminary world list of threatened conifer taxa. Biodiversity and Conservation 2: 304-326. Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Nghia, N.H. 1997. Letter to Sara Oldfield from Dr.Nghia regarding threatened Vietnamese trees. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Phengklai, C. and Khamsai, S. 1985. Some non-timber species of Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 1(15): 108-148. Smitinand, T. and Larsen, K. (eds) 1970. Flora of Thailand. Applied Science Research Corporation and Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, Bangkok.

Cooling, E.N.G. 1968. Pinus merkusii - fast growing timber trees of the tropics.

Farjon, A., Page, C.N. and Schellevis, N. 1993. A preliminary world list of threatened conifer taxa. Biodiversity and Conservation 2: 304-326.

Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Nghia, N.H. 1997. Letter to Sara Oldfield from Dr.Nghia regarding threatened Vietnamese trees.

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

Phengklai, C. and Khamsai, S. 1985. Some non-timber species of Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 1(15): 108-148.

Smitinand, T. and Larsen, K. (eds) 1970. Flora of Thailand. Applied Science Research Corporation and Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, Bangkok.

Citation:	Conifer Specialist Group 2000. Pinus merkusii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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