Sorbus amabilis

Threats

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	ROSALES	ROSACEAE

Scientific Name:	Sorbus amabilis
Species Authority:	Cheng ex Yu

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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Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Range Description:	A species occurring in small localised colonies on Huangshan and Qingliang Mt. in southern Anhui, Lin'an and Longquan Counties in Zhejiang and Chong'an County in Fujian.
Countries:	Native: China (Anhui, Fujian, Zhejiang)
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Habitat and Ecology:	Margins or gaps of montane forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	The degree of protection given to populations is largely unknown and the habitat continues to be cleared in places.

Major Threat(s):

The degree of protection given to populations is largely unknown and the habitat continues to be cleared in places.

Conservation Actions:	Some of the areas are designated nature reserves.

Conservation Actions:

Some of the areas are designated nature reserves.

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