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Millettia macrophylla

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA MAGNOLIOPSIDA FABALES LEGUMINOSAE

Scientific Name: Millettia macrophylla
Species Authority: Benth.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable A1c, B1+2c ver 2.3
Year Published: 1998
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: A small forest tree which occurs in areas of remaining forest, ranging from south-east Nigeria to Cameroon. Also recorded from Bioko (Equatorial Guinea). There are only eight collections in the Kew Herbarium from Cameroon.
Countries:
Native:
Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea (Bioko); Nigeria
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Population [top]

Population Trend: Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Occurs in lowland evergreen forest, 400 m alt.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Unprotected forest has been heavily logged and cleared for agriculture.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: The best hope for the survival of this species is in well-protected lowland forest reserves, such as Korup. Future plans to better protect the Mungo River F.R. should also help secure the survival of this tree.
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Millettia macrophylla. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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