Humboldtia laurifolia

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	FABALES	LEGUMINOSAE

Scientific Name:	Humboldtia laurifolia
Species Authority:	Vahl

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1c, B1+2cd 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)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	A shrub or small tree recorded from two localities in the Western Ghats and throughout Sri Lanka.
Countries:	Native: India (Kerala); Sri Lanka
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Population [top]

Population:	In India it was originally known to occur in shady places along stream sides up to 600 m, but there have been no records of it since 1874. It appears to be fairly common in Sri Lanka, occurring in 66 forest sites according to surveys conducted for the National Conservation Review.

Population:

In India it was originally known to occur in shady places along stream sides up to 600 m, but there have been no records of it since 1874. It appears to be fairly common in Sri Lanka, occurring in 66 forest sites according to surveys conducted for the National Conservation Review.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

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