Shorea pallescens

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	THEALES	DIPTEROCARPACEAE

Scientific Name:	Shorea pallescens
Species Authority:	P.S. Ashton

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered A1cd, C2a ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Ashton, P.

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Kegalle and the South Peak Sanctuary.
Countries:	Native: Sri Lanka
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Population [top]

Population:	It was not found during the extensive forest surveys conducted between 1991 and 1996 for the National Conservation Review, suggesting that it is either extremely rare or possibly extinct.

Population:

It was not found during the extensive forest surveys conducted between 1991 and 1996 for the National Conservation Review, suggesting that it is either extremely rare or possibly extinct.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A dipterocarp restricted to lowland wet evergreen forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The species is unable to reach reproductive maturity between the current cutting cycles.

Major Threat(s):

The species is unable to reach reproductive maturity between the current cutting cycles.

Citation:	Ashton, P. 1998. Shorea pallescens. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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