Nectandra angusta

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	LAURALES	LAURACEAE

Scientific Name:	Nectandra angusta
Species Authority:	Rohwer

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable D2 ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Rohwer, J.G.

History:

1997

–

Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	A species known from just three locations on the eastern slopes of the Andes from central and southern parts of Bolivia. It is closely related to N. longifolia, a more widespread species in the same region.
Countries:	Native: Bolivia

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	One of the most important timber trees in the area, it is being heavily exploited in at least one of these sites.

Major Threat(s):

One of the most important timber trees in the area, it is being heavily exploited in at least one of these sites.

Bibliography [top]

	Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Rohwer, J. 1997. Letter to Charlotte Jenkins with review notes on the species summaries for Nectandra. Rohwer, J.G. 1993. Nectandra (Lauraceae). Flora Neotropica. New York Botanic Gardens, New York. 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).

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

Rohwer, J. 1997. Letter to Charlotte Jenkins with review notes on the species summaries for Nectandra.

Rohwer, J.G. 1993. Nectandra (Lauraceae). Flora Neotropica. New York Botanic Gardens, New York.

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:	Rohwer, J.G. 1998. Nectandra angusta. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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