Lyonia elliptica

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	ERICALES	ERICACEAE

Scientific Name:	Lyonia elliptica
Species Authority:	(C.Wright ex Small) Alain

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered B1+2c ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Areces-Mallea, A.E.

History:

1997

–

Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	The species is very localised near Monte Verde in the Nipe-Baracoa Massif, Guantánamo.
Countries:	Native: Cuba
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Population [top]

Population:	This is a rare species.

Population:

This is a rare species.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Shrub or small tree occurring only in rainforest on ferralitic soils.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Its habitat is susceptible to cutting and logging.

Major Threat(s):

Its habitat is susceptible to cutting and logging.

Bibliography [top]

	Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1997. A listing of threatened Cuban trees prepared for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Trees project. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. The Nature Conservancy. 1996. Natural Heritage Central Database. (Status and distribution data on Latin American plants, developed in collaboration with Latin American Conservation Data Centers and Missouri Botanical Garden).

Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1997. A listing of threatened Cuban trees prepared for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Trees project.

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

The Nature Conservancy. 1996. Natural Heritage Central Database. (Status and distribution data on Latin American plants, developed in collaboration with Latin American Conservation Data Centers and Missouri Botanical Garden).

Citation:	Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1998. Lyonia elliptica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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