Hymenaea torrei

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	FABALES	LEGUMINOSAE

Scientific Name:	Hymenaea torrei
Species Authority:	Leon

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B1+2c ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Areces-Mallea, A.E.

History:

1997

–

Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Eastern Cuba.
Countries:	Native: Cuba

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A tall shrub or tree restricted to the dry evergreen forests and dry lowland shrubwoods.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Habitat declines have been considerable in both communities; logging activities, agriculture and urban development are resulting in land clearance and habitat degradation.

Major Threat(s):

Habitat declines have been considerable in both communities; logging activities, agriculture and urban development are resulting in land clearance and habitat degradation.

Citation:	Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1998. Hymenaea torrei. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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