Washingtonia filifera

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	LILIOPSIDA	ARECALES	PALMAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

(L. Linden) H. Wendl.

Common Name/s:

English

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Desert Palm

Red List Category & Criteria:	Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Johnson, D.

Range Description:	An estimated 25,000 wild desert palm trees exist in the Sonoran Desert.
Countries:	Native: Mexico; United States (Arizona, California, Nevada)
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Habitat and Ecology:	Found in about 116 seeps, springs and streams.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	The species is traded internationally as an ornamental.

Major Threat(s):

The species is traded internationally as an ornamental.

	Johnson, D. et al. 1997. Completed data collection forms for palms. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Johnson, D. et al. 1997. Completed data collection forms for palms.

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

Citation:	Johnson, D. 1998. Washingtonia filifera. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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