| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| PLANTAE | TRACHEOPHYTA | MAGNOLIOPSIDA | FABALES | LEGUMINOSAE |
| Scientific Name: | Pericopsis elata | |||
| Species Authority: | (Harms) van Meeuwen | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Endangered A1cd ver 2.3 | |||
| Year Assessed: | 1998 | |||
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s | African Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Zimbabwe, July 1996) | |||
| History: |
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| Range Description: | A timber species, also known as Afrormosia, which provides an important alternative to teak. Found in Central and West Africa. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Cameroon; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Ghana; Nigeria
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| Habitat and Ecology: | It is a gregarious species, restricted to the drier parts of semi-deciduous forests. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | Since 1948 trade in the timber has soared. Levels of exploitation have been unsustainable in all countries and the species' habitat has declined. Regeneration is insufficient to replace lost subpopulations. |
| Conservation Actions: | The species is currently listed in CITES Appendix II. |
| Citation: | African Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Zimbabwe) 1998. Pericopsis elata. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2010. |
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