Ocotea kenyensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	LAURALES	LAURACEAE

Scientific Name:	Ocotea kenyensis
Species Authority:	(Chiov.) Robyns

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1cd ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

–

Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	East and South Africa extending into Central Africa.
Countries:	Native: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Ethiopia; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Rwanda; South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga); Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Zimbabwe
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Population [top]

Population:	In some areas the populations are very small, e.g., the Zimbabwean population consists of four immature individuals. The subpopulations in South Africa are all contained within protected areas, but usually comprise of only isolated individuals or small groups of trees.

Population:

In some areas the populations are very small, e.g., the Zimbabwean population consists of four immature individuals. The subpopulations in South Africa are all contained within protected areas, but usually comprise of only isolated individuals or small groups of trees.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A timber species found in areas of moist forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It yields a superior hardwood which is heavily exploited through most of its range.

Major Threat(s):

It yields a superior hardwood which is heavily exploited through most of its range.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Ocotea kenyensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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