Polylepis tarapacana

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	ROSALES	ROSACEAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

Phil.

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Queñoa De Altura

Red List Category & Criteria:	Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:

Range Description:	A small tree or shrub found only in sparse and scattered stands in the volcanic Western Cordillera in the border regions of Bolivia, Peru and Chile.
Countries:	Native: Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Chile; Peru
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Population:	Populations seriously declined in the past (more than three generations ago) but their present status appears to be stable.

Population:

Populations seriously declined in the past (more than three generations ago) but their present status appears to be stable.

Habitat and Ecology:	It is probably the only tree in the world growing up to altitudes of 5,200 m.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Locally it is of great importance as a source of firewood and even of construction timber.

Major Threat(s):

Locally it is of great importance as a source of firewood and even of construction timber.

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