Premna szemaoensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	LAMIALES	VERBENACEAE

Scientific Name:	Premna szemaoensis
Species Authority:	C.Pei

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B1+2c ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Sun, W.

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Widely distributed but confined to south and south-west Yunnan.
Countries:	Native: China (Yunnan)
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species is found in sunny open forest between 500 and 1,500 m.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The main cause of population reductions has been overexploitation of the timber, and possibly also of the bark for medicinal use. Regeneration is reported to be poor and few young trees can be found.

Major Threat(s):

The main cause of population reductions has been overexploitation of the timber, and possibly also of the bark for medicinal use. Regeneration is reported to be poor and few young trees can be found.

Citation:	Sun, W. 1998. Premna szemaoensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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