Polylepis pepei

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	ROSALES	ROSACEAE

Scientific Name:	Polylepis pepei
Species Authority:	B. Simpson

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1c ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	A small tree or shrub, confined to a series of localities stretching along the eastern slope of the Cordillera Real from south-east Peru to north-east Bolivia.
Countries:	Native: Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Peru
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Population [top]

Population:	A rare species.

Population:

A rare species.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	In the transition zone between humid montane forests and puna grasslands.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Its habitat is highly vulnerable to local activities, especially the fires which are induced to support grazing and which frequently encroach upon forested areas.

Major Threat(s):

Its habitat is highly vulnerable to local activities, especially the fires which are induced to support grazing and which frequently encroach upon forested areas.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Polylepis pepei. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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