Drypetes afzelii

Threats

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	EUPHORBIALES	EUPHORBIACEAE

Scientific Name:	Drypetes afzelii
Species Authority:	(Pax) Hutch

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1c, B1+2c ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Hawthorne, W.

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

–

Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Range Description:	Extending from Sierra Leone to Ghana.
Countries:	Native: Côte d'Ivoire; Ghana; Liberia; Sierra Leone
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Habitat and Ecology:	This species occurs only in a restricted wet evergreen forest habitat, generally along rivers.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	It is uncommon and has suffered from general declines in this habitat because of mining, logging and commercial forestry activities.

Major Threat(s):

It is uncommon and has suffered from general declines in this habitat because of mining, logging and commercial forestry activities.

Citation:	Hawthorne, W. 1998. Drypetes afzelii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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