Picrasma excelsa
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLANTAE | TRACHEOPHYTA | MAGNOLIOPSIDA | SAPINDALES | SIMAROUBACEAE |
| Scientific Name: | Picrasma excelsa |
| Species Authority: | (Sw.) Planch. |
Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable A1cd ver 2.3 |
| Year Published: | 1998 |
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s: | Areces-Mallea, A.E. |
Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | A single population, now thought to be extinct, was once recorded from El Sabalo in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba, where the habitat has largely been deforested. Elsewhere in the Greater Antilles, the species and habitat have also suffered from overcutting. A record exists from northern Venezuela. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Venezuela
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
Threats [top]
| Major Threat(s): | Deforestation. |
Bibliography [top]
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Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1997. A listing of threatened Cuban trees prepared for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Trees project. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. |
| Citation: | Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1998. Picrasma excelsa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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