Cassipourea swaziensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	RHIZOPHORALES	RHIZOPHORACEAE

Scientific Name:	Cassipourea swaziensis
Species Authority:	Compton
Taxonomic Notes:	There is taxonomic confusion over this species.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Hilton-Taylor, C.

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); Swaziland
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Population [top]

Population:	There is taxonomic confusion over this species. Little is known about its abundance and precise distribution. It has been found in only three definite localities.

Population:

There is taxonomic confusion over this species. Little is known about its abundance and precise distribution. It has been found in only three definite localities.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	On exposed quartzite rock ridges.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Its habitat is under threat from cutting for firewood and timber.

Major Threat(s):

Its habitat is under threat from cutting for firewood and timber.

Citation:	Hilton-Taylor, C. 1998. Cassipourea swaziensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 May 2013.
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