Meryta brachypoda
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLANTAE | TRACHEOPHYTA | MAGNOLIOPSIDA | APIALES | ARALIACEAE |
| Scientific Name: | Meryta brachypoda |
| Species Authority: | Harms |
Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Critically Endangered B1+2c, C2a ver 2.3 |
| Year Published: | 1998 |
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s: | Florence, J. |
Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | Recorded from Raivavae, Tubuai and Rapa Iti in the Tubuai Group and Henderson Island in the Pitcairn Group. The Raivavae subpopulation is in a critical state and the subpopulation on Henderson consists of fewer than 6 adult plants in tall forest on the north-west beach. |
| Countries: |
Native:
French Polynesia (Tubuai Is.); Pitcairn
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Habitat and Ecology: | A shrub or tree. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
Bibliography [top]
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Florence, J. 1996. Liste des espèces endémiques de Polynésie Française avec leur répartition géographique et leur statut IUCN, tirée de la banque de données botaniques NADEAUD (unpublished). Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Waldren, S., Florence, J. and Chepstow-Lusty, A.J. 1995. Rare and endemic vascular plants of the Pitcairn Islands, south-central pacific ocean: a conservation appraisal. Biological Conservation 74(2): 83-98. |
| Citation: | Florence, J. 1998. Meryta brachypoda. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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