Wercklea flavovirens

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	MALVALES	MALVACEAE

Scientific Name:	Wercklea flavovirens
Species Authority:	Proctor

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered B1+2c, C2a, D ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Kelly, D.L.

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Jamaica
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Population [top]

Population:	The total population is estimated to contain fewer than 50 individuals and the number is declining. The single small tree which had survived out of a recorded population of six individuals on Hog House Hill, John Crow Mts., has not been found again. The area is now planted with bananas. Another population of about 30 trees is located in hurricane-damaged forest on Holland Mt. and a single tree has been found in One Day Cave near Bethel.

Population:

The total population is estimated to contain fewer than 50 individuals and the number is declining. The single small tree which had survived out of a recorded population of six individuals on Hog House Hill, John Crow Mts., has not been found again. The area is now planted with bananas. Another population of about 30 trees is located in hurricane-damaged forest on Holland Mt. and a single tree has been found in One Day Cave near Bethel.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Citation:	Kelly, D.L. 1998. Wercklea flavovirens. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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