Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| PLANTAE |
TRACHEOPHYTA |
MAGNOLIOPSIDA |
CELASTRALES |
CELASTRACEAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis |
| Species Authority: |
Dunkley & Brenan |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Critically Endangered
B1+2b, C2b
ver 2.3
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| Year Published: |
1998 |
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s: |
Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. |
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
The species is known only from West Usambara. The genus is monotypic. The nearest related genus is Wimmeria in Central and South America. |
| Countries: |
Native: Tanzania, United Republic of |
| Range Map: |
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Population
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| Population: |
A substantial area of the forest in which it occurred was cleared in the mid-1960s and it may now be extinct.
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
Dry montane forests.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial |
