Anonidium usambarense

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	MAGNOLIALES	ANNONACEAE

Scientific Name:	Anonidium usambarense
Species Authority:	R.E. Fries
Taxonomic Notes:	According to Dr. Thomas Couvreur the type specimen is not Anonidium and is probably Polyceratocarpus scheffleri which occurs in the same locality. Until this is confirmed this taxon must be considered Data Deficient.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

2009

Assessor/s:

Eastern Arc Mountains & Coastal Forests CEPF Plant Assessment Project Participants

Reviewer/s:

Luke, Q. & Hilton-Taylor, C.

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Known only from the type collection, the area has been extensively surveyed, and this species has been specifically searched for. According to Dr. Thomas Couvreur the type specimen is not Anonidium and is probably Polyceratocarpus scheffleri which occurs in the same locality. Until this is confirmed this taxon must be considered Data Deficient.

History:

1998	–	Extinct (Oldfield et al. 1998)
1998	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Collected in 1910 at Amani in the Usambara Mts and has not been collected or seen again.
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Population [top]

Population:	Only one collection.

Population:

Only one collection.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Presumably in montane forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Threats are unknown.

Major Threat(s):

Threats are unknown.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Amani Nature Reserve is in the area,but it is not clear if the specimen was collected within the reserve area or not.

Conservation Actions:

Amani Nature Reserve is in the area,but it is not clear if the specimen was collected within the reserve area or not.

Citation:	Eastern Arc Mountains & Coastal Forests CEPF Plant Assessment Project Participants 2009. Anonidium usambarense. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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