Cordia subcordata

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	LAMIALES	BORAGINACEAE

Scientific Name:	Cordia subcordata
Species Authority:	Lam.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Lower Risk/least concern ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	A very widespread tree.
Countries:	Native: Australia; British Indian Ocean Territory; Cambodia; China (Hainan); India; Indonesia; Kenya; Malaysia; Myanmar; Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Archipelago, North Solomons); Philippines; Singapore; Somalia; Sri Lanka; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Tuvalu; Vanuatu; Viet Nam
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Confined to coastal areas in scrub and occasionally in strand forest behind beaches or in thickets behind mangrove swamps.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	In the Papuasian region, a major concern has been the heavy exploitation of the species for native carvings and artifacts for the tourist trade, resulting in the rapid disappearance of many mature trees.

Major Threat(s):

In the Papuasian region, a major concern has been the heavy exploitation of the species for native carvings and artifacts for the tourist trade, resulting in the rapid disappearance of many mature trees.

Bibliography [top]

	Anonymous. 1992. Country report for UNCED. South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). Anonymous. 1993. Flora of Australia. Australian Gvt. Publ. Service, Canberra. Eddowes, P.J. 1997. Completed data collection forms for New Guinea. Erfurth, T. and Rusche, H. 1976. The marketing of tropical wood. FAO, Rome. Fortune Hopkins, H. 1994. Annotations to: conservation status listing for Papua New Guinea dated 13th April 1994. Ng, P.K.L. and Wee, Y.C. (eds) 1994. The Singapore Red Data Book. The Nature Society, Singapore. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Papua New Guinea Department of Forests 1989. Facts and Figures 1989. Papua New Guinea Department of Forests, Boroko NCD. Penafiel, S. 1990. Annotation to list of tropical timbers for the Philippines. Thulin, M. 1996. Annotations to: the conservation listing for trees of Somalia. Topp, J.M.W. 1988. An annotated check list of the flora of Diego Garcia, British Ocean Territory. Atoll Research Bulletin 313 Wheatley, J.I. 1992. A Guide to the Common Trees of Vanuatu. Department of Forestry, Port Villa, Vanuatu. Wijesinghe, L.C.A., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Jayawardana, S.D.G., Kotagama, S.W. and Gunatilleke, C.V.S. 1990. Biological conservation in Sri Lanka (A national status report). Colombo Natural Resources, Energy and Science Authority of Sri Lanka.

Anonymous. 1992. Country report for UNCED. South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).

Anonymous. 1993. Flora of Australia. Australian Gvt. Publ. Service, Canberra.

Eddowes, P.J. 1997. Completed data collection forms for New Guinea.

Erfurth, T. and Rusche, H. 1976. The marketing of tropical wood. FAO, Rome.

Fortune Hopkins, H. 1994. Annotations to: conservation status listing for Papua New Guinea dated 13th April 1994.

Ng, P.K.L. and Wee, Y.C. (eds) 1994. The Singapore Red Data Book. The Nature Society, Singapore.

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

Papua New Guinea Department of Forests 1989. Facts and Figures 1989. Papua New Guinea Department of Forests, Boroko NCD.

Penafiel, S. 1990. Annotation to list of tropical timbers for the Philippines.

Thulin, M. 1996. Annotations to: the conservation listing for trees of Somalia.

Topp, J.M.W. 1988. An annotated check list of the flora of Diego Garcia, British Ocean Territory. Atoll Research Bulletin 313

Wheatley, J.I. 1992. A Guide to the Common Trees of Vanuatu. Department of Forestry, Port Villa, Vanuatu.

Wijesinghe, L.C.A., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Jayawardana, S.D.G., Kotagama, S.W. and Gunatilleke, C.V.S. 1990. Biological conservation in Sri Lanka (A national status report). Colombo Natural Resources, Energy and Science Authority of Sri Lanka.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Cordia subcordata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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