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| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLANTAE | TRACHEOPHYTA | MAGNOLIOPSIDA | ROSALES | ROSACEAE |
| Scientific Name: | Polylepis weberbaueri |
| Species Authority: | Pilger |
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable A1acd ver 2.3 |
| Year Published: | 1998 |
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s: | World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
| Reviewer/s: | |
| Contributor/s: |
| Range Description: | The distribution of this species is disjunct. Occurs in central and south-west Ecuador, and in Peru in the north-west and further south in the Cordillera Blanca and Cuzco-Apurimac area. |
| Countries: | Native: Ecuador; Peru |
| Range Map: | Click here to open the map viewer and explore range. |
| Population: | A forest covering 20 km² in Cuzco was completely destroyed by burning two years ago. Remaining stands are almost exclusively reduced to boulder-scree, stream ravines and rock ledges, where they are sheltered from most fires. |
| Habitat and Ecology: | Subpopulations occur in humid montane forest above 3,000 m. Both this species and P. incana are being logged inside Huascarán National Park. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | The species is particularly sensitive to burning. |
| Citation: | World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Polylepis weberbaueri. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013. |
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