Polyscias kikuyuensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	APIALES	ARALIACEAE

Scientific Name:

Polyscias kikuyuensis

Species Authority:

Summerh.

Common Name/s:

English

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Parasol Tree

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B1+2c 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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Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Scattered in distribution in central Kenya.
Countries:	Native: Kenya
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Confined to wet upland forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is highly valued at a national level for its timber. Exploitation and habitat loss have led to the species becoming rarer.

Major Threat(s):

This species is highly valued at a national level for its timber. Exploitation and habitat loss have led to the species becoming rarer.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The Kenyan Forestry authorities maintain plantations of it and also sell the seed. Subpopulations in Mt. Kenya National Park and other forest reserves are legally protected.

Conservation Actions:

The Kenyan Forestry authorities maintain plantations of it and also sell the seed. Subpopulations in Mt. Kenya National Park and other forest reserves are legally protected.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Polyscias kikuyuensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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