Pimenta filipes

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	MYRTALES	MYRTACEAE

Scientific Name:	Pimenta filipes
Species Authority:	(Urban) Burret

Range Description:	Endemic to eastern Cuba. There is an unconfirmed record from a relatively inaccessible montane area in south-central Cuba.
Countries:	Native: Cuba
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Habitat and Ecology:	This small tree is found in dry forests, savannahs and coastal areas.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Logging, grazing, urban expansion and mining have significantly reduced the original subpopulations. Tourism is also a major threat.

Major Threat(s):

Logging, grazing, urban expansion and mining have significantly reduced the original subpopulations. Tourism is also a major threat.

	Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1997. A listing of threatened Cuban trees prepared for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Trees project. Landrum, L.R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinum, and Luma. Flora Neotropica Monograph 45: 1-79. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. WWF and IUCN. 1994. Centres of plant diversity. A guide and strategy for their conservation. IUCN Publications Unit, Cambridge, UK.

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

Landrum, L.R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinum, and Luma. Flora Neotropica Monograph 45: 1-79.

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

WWF and IUCN. 1994. Centres of plant diversity. A guide and strategy for their conservation. IUCN Publications Unit, Cambridge, UK.

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