Nectandra minima

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	LAURALES	LAURACEAE

Scientific Name:	Nectandra minima
Species Authority:	Rohwer

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered B1+2c ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Areces-Mallea, A.E.

History:

1997

–

Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Collected from Isla de Pinos and the adjacent mainland.
Countries:	Native: Cuba
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Population [top]

Population:	The only collections of this shrub or small tree were made over 50 years ago. Fieldwork is necessary to determine how many individuals exist.

Population:

The only collections of this shrub or small tree were made over 50 years ago. Fieldwork is necessary to determine how many individuals exist.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Natural vegetation remains only where land is unsuitable for agriculture.

Major Threat(s):

Natural vegetation remains only where land is unsuitable for agriculture.

Bibliography [top]

	Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1997. A listing of threatened Cuban trees prepared for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Trees project. Kubitzki, K. and Renner, S. 1982. Flora Neotropica: Lauraceae I (Aniba and Aiouea). New York Botanic Gardens, New York. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. 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).

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

Kubitzki, K. and Renner, S. 1982. Flora Neotropica: Lauraceae I (Aniba and Aiouea). New York Botanic Gardens, New York.

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

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