Sophora toromiro

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	FABALES	LEGUMINOSAE

Scientific Name:

Sophora toromiro

Species Authority:

(Phil.) Skottsb.

Common Name/s:

English

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Toromiro

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct in the Wild ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Countries:	Regionally extinct: Chile (Easter Is.)
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Population:	The last wild specimen was a plant in Rano Kao in 1935.

Population:

The last wild specimen was a plant in Rano Kao in 1935.

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Conservation Actions:	A few plants still exist in cultivation in botanic gardens but attempts at reintroduction of the species on Easter Island have failed.

Conservation Actions:

A few plants still exist in cultivation in botanic gardens but attempts at reintroduction of the species on Easter Island have failed.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Sophora toromiro. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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