Toussaintia orientalis

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:	Toussaintia orientalis
Species Authority:	Verdc.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) ver 3.1

Year Published:

2009

Assessor/s:

Eastern Arc Mountains & Coastal Forests CEPF Plant Assessment Project

Reviewer/s:

Beentje, H., Gereau, R., Kabuye, C., Kalema, J., Luke, Q., Lyaruu, H., Maunder, M., Mwachala, G., Ndangalasi, H., Njau, F. & Schatz, G. (East African Plants Red List Authority)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
This species has an extent of occurrence of only about 540 km², is severely fragmented and there is continuing decline because of forest loss and deterioration. It has probably gone extinct in Kenya and may have been lost from places in Tanzania because of human activities.

History:

1998	–	Vulnerable (Oldfield et al. 1998)
1998	–	Vulnerable
1997	–	Indeterminate (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Known only from one location in Kenya (Mangea), now probably destroyed. In Tanzania, known from several localities along the coast and further inland. The Pugu subpopulation could be severely reduced.
Countries:	Native: Tanzania, United Republic of Possibly extinct: Kenya
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Population [top]

Population:	In Mangea was only known from one plant, but at some sites in Tanzania, it is abundant.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A straggling small tree or shrub found in dry evergreen lowland forest and also dry bushland.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	At Mangea most if not all of the forest has gone as a result of agricultural expansion, at Ifakara there is also intensive agriculture so that locality has probably also gone. Pugu Forest Reserve has also been badly impacted by human activities. Other forest reserves where it occurs are better protected.

Major Threat(s):

At Mangea most if not all of the forest has gone as a result of agricultural expansion, at Ifakara there is also intensive agriculture so that locality has probably also gone. Pugu Forest Reserve has also been badly impacted by human activities. Other forest reserves where it occurs are better protected.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Recorded from Saadani National Park (Zaraninge Forest), Banda and Kichi Hills Forest Reserves.

Conservation Actions:

Recorded from Saadani National Park (Zaraninge Forest), Banda and Kichi Hills Forest Reserves.

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