Diospyros boutoniana

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	EBENALES	EBENACEAE

Scientific Name:

Diospyros boutoniana

Species Authority:

A.DC.

Common Name/s:

French

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Bois d'ébène marbre à grosses feuilles

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B1+2c ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Page, W.

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	South-west and occasionally east and northern ranges.
Countries:	Native: Mauritius
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A relatively common species of upland and mid elevation forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The spread of invasive species and habitat degradation are causing considerable concern. The species responds poorly to disturbance and appears to be regenerating insufficiently.

Major Threat(s):

The spread of invasive species and habitat degradation are causing considerable concern. The species responds poorly to disturbance and appears to be regenerating insufficiently.

Citation:	Page, W. 1998. Diospyros boutoniana. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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