Aspidosperma megalocarpon
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| PLANTAE |
TRACHEOPHYTA |
MAGNOLIOPSIDA |
GENTIANALES |
APOCYNACEAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Aspidosperma megalocarpon |
| Species Authority: |
Muell. Arg |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Lower Risk/near threatened
ver 2.3
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| Year Published: |
1998 |
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s: |
World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
| Reviewer/s: |
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| Contributor/s: |
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
Populations are considered threatened at a national level in Ecuador, Mexico and throughout Central America. |
| Countries: |
Native: Belize; Colombia; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Suriname; Venezuela |
| Range Map: |
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
A common canopy tree of lowland seasonal rainforest.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): |
General habitat losses have been considerable in the last 50 years.
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