Ocotea porosa

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	LAURALES	LAURACEAE

Scientific Name:	Ocotea porosa
Species Authority:	(Nees & Martius) Barroso

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1cd ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Varty, N. & Guadagnin, D.L.

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	The largest subpopulations occur in south Paraná and north Santa Catarina, where the species occurs in almost pure stands. Suggestions that subpopulations exist in Argentina and Paraguay need verification.
Countries:	Native: Brazil (Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo)
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	One of the dominant species of Araucaria forest, also occurring in various other habitat types.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Although present in large numbers, the species is slow-growing and declining in numbers through timber exploitation. In rates of extraction, the species is second only to Paraná pine.

Major Threat(s):

Although present in large numbers, the species is slow-growing and declining in numbers through timber exploitation. In rates of extraction, the species is second only to Paraná pine.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Several localities are protected and the species occurs on the official list of threatened Brazilian plants compiled by IBAMA.

Conservation Actions:

Several localities are protected and the species occurs on the official list of threatened Brazilian plants compiled by IBAMA.

Citation:	Varty, N. & Guadagnin, D.L. 1998. Ocotea porosa. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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