Acacia venosa

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	FABALES	LEGUMINOSAE

Scientific Name:	Acacia venosa
Species Authority:	Hochst. ex Benth.
Taxonomic Notes:	May be transferred to Racosperma.

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1c+2c 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)

Range Description:	Confined to parts of west Eritrea, Tigray and Gondar on the high plateau where the majority of the Ethiopian population lives.
Countries:	Native: Eritrea; Ethiopia
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Habitat and Ecology:	A woodland species.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	The northern forests have diminished most noticeably because of the expansion of farmed land and human habitation and overcutting for fuelwood.

Major Threat(s):

The northern forests have diminished most noticeably because of the expansion of farmed land and human habitation and overcutting for fuelwood.

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