Corylus chinensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	FAGALES	CORYLACEAE

Scientific Name:	Corylus chinensis
Species Authority:	Franch.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered A1cd ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Sun, W.
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Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan)
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Population [top]

Population:	Declines in the number of mature individuals have been reported.

Population:

Declines in the number of mature individuals have been reported.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A relatively widely occurring component of middle elevation broadleaved forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Declines are caused largely by overexploitation. Habitat loss and poor regeneration, apparently caused by the decimation of seed crops by birds, are also thought to have contributed to the present status of the species.

Major Threat(s):

Declines are caused largely by overexploitation. Habitat loss and poor regeneration, apparently caused by the decimation of seed crops by birds, are also thought to have contributed to the present status of the species.

Citation:	Sun, W. 1998. Corylus chinensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2013.
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