Picconia excelsa

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	SCROPHULARIALES	OLEACEAE

Scientific Name:

Picconia excelsa

Species Authority:

(Aiton) DC.

Common Name/s:

Spanish

–

Palo Blaco

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable C1, D2 ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Bañares, A. <i>et al.</i>

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

–

Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	The species has a fragmented distribution but still appears to be relatively frequent in areas of cloud forest above 1,000 m on the Canaries.
Countries:	Native: Portugal (Madeira); Spain (Canary Is.)
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Population [top]

Population:	It is rare and scattered over a slightly wider altitudinal range in laurisilva on Madeira.

Population:

It is rare and scattered over a slightly wider altitudinal range in laurisilva on Madeira.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Cloud forest and laurisilva.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	In the past it was exploited for its timber.

Major Threat(s):

In the past it was exploited for its timber.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Now included in regional legislation.

Conservation Actions:

Now included in regional legislation.

Citation:	Bañares, A. et al. 1998. Picconia excelsa. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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