| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| PLANTAE | TRACHEOPHYTA | MAGNOLIOPSIDA | MAGNOLIALES | MYRISTICACEAE |
| Scientific Name: | Virola surinamensis | ||||||
| Species Authority: | (Rol.) Warb. | ||||||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Endangered A1ad+2cd ver 2.3 | |||
| Year Published: | 1998 | |||
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s: | Americas Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica, November 1996) | |||
| History: |
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| Countries: |
Native:
Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão, Pará, Pernambuco, Roraima); Costa Rica; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Panama; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela
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| Population: | Although the species is listed as globally threatened it is one of the most common trees in lowland Suriname being found in almost all forest types, including secondary forest (P. Teunissen pers. comm. 2006). |
| Habitat and Ecology: | A primary species of swamp and inundated forest types. Also recorded from secondary forests. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | The timber is important in international trade. |
| Citation: | Americas Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica) 1998. Virola surinamensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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