Prumnopitys andina

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	PODOCARPACEAE

Scientific Name:

Prumnopitys andina

Species Authority:

(Poepp. ex Endl.) de Laub.

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Lleuque, Llleuqui, Uva De La Cordillera

Synonym/s:

Prumnopitys andinus (Poep. ex Endl.) de Laub.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1acd ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

González, M.

Reviewer/s:

History:

1997

–

Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	A timber tree with a fragmented distribution in the central Andean range.
Countries:	Native: Argentina; Chile (La Araucania, Los Lagos, Maule)
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Population [top]

Population:	Populations are small, containing not more than a few hundred individuals.

Population:

Populations are small, containing not more than a few hundred individuals.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Low- to medium-altitude forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Exploitation is at a high level throughout the range of this species, largely for the woodchip industry.

Major Threat(s):

Exploitation is at a high level throughout the range of this species, largely for the woodchip industry.

Bibliography [top]

	Farjon, A. et al. 1998. Data collection forms for conifer species completed by the IUCN/SSC Conifer Specialist Group between 1996 and 1998. González Cangas, Mauro. 1996. Completed data collection forms for tree species of Chile. Laubenfels, D. de. 1985. Taxonomic Revision of Podocarpus. Blumea 30(2): 251-278. 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).

Farjon, A. et al. 1998. Data collection forms for conifer species completed by the IUCN/SSC Conifer Specialist Group between 1996 and 1998.

González Cangas, Mauro. 1996. Completed data collection forms for tree species of Chile.

Laubenfels, D. de. 1985. Taxonomic Revision of Podocarpus. Blumea 30(2): 251-278.

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:	González, M. 1998. Prumnopitys andina. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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