Mosannona pacifica

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	MAGNOLIALES	ANNONACEAE

Scientific Name:	Mosannona pacifica
Species Authority:	Chatrou

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered A4c; B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2003
Assessor/s	Muriel, P. & Pitman, N.
Evaluator/s:	Valencia, R., Pitman, N., Léon-Yánez, S. & Jørgensen, P.M. (Ecuador Plants Red List Authority)
Justification: A tree endemic to Ecuador, recently described from three locales in wet coastal forest. Known to occur in the Río Palenque and Bilsa private reserves, and in Anchayacu in Esmeraldas province. In the Flórula de Rio Palenque the species appears under the name Malmea depressa (Dodson and Gentry 1978). Protected in the Reserva Ecológica Mache-Chindul. Considered Endangered because of the massive destruction of coastal forest habitat during the last 50 years. Common name is "Pinuela prieta". Habitat destruction is the only known threat to the species.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Recently described from three locales in Los Ríos and Anchayacu in Esmeraldas province.
Countries:	Native: Ecuador

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A tree of wet coastal forest, found at an elevational range of 70–600 m.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Habitat destruction.

Major Threat(s):

Habitat destruction.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	In the Flórula de Rio Palenque the species appears under the name Malmea depressa (Dodson and Gentry 1978). Protected in the Reserva Ecológica Mache-Chindul. Known to occur in the Río Palenque and Bilsa private reserves.

Conservation Actions:

In the Flórula de Rio Palenque the species appears under the name Malmea depressa (Dodson and Gentry 1978). Protected in the Reserva Ecológica Mache-Chindul. Known to occur in the Río Palenque and Bilsa private reserves.

Citation:	Muriel, P. & Pitman, N. 2003. Mosannona pacifica. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009.
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