Crudia zeylanica

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	FABALES	LEGUMINOSAE

Scientific Name:	Crudia zeylanica
Species Authority:	(Thwaites) Benth.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

–

Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Sri Lanka.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Sri Lanka
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Population [top]

Population:	The species has been considered on the verge of extinction for over a decade, and as it was not found in the recent National Conservation Review forest survey it is likely to be extinct. A single tree was supposed to exist in the Peradeniya Botanical Garden. However, it has not been refound in the garden despite an intensive search.

Population:

The species has been considered on the verge of extinction for over a decade, and as it was not found in the recent National Conservation Review forest survey it is likely to be extinct. A single tree was supposed to exist in the Peradeniya Botanical Garden. However, it has not been refound in the garden despite an intensive search.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A large tree of the wet lowlands.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Crudia zeylanica. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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