Diospyros vaccinioides

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	EBENALES	EBENACEAE

Scientific Name:

Common Name/s:

English

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Small Persimmon

Synonym/s:

Diospyros vaccinioides subspecies oblongata Merr. & Chun

Rospidios vaccinioides (Lindl.) A.DC.

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered A1ad+2bd, B1+2abc, C1+2ab, D ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Lu, S.Y. & Pan, F.J.
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:

Range Description:	A population of unproductive individuals is believed to exist on a wooded hillside in Fengkang. Populations are also recorded from Chuhai and Huiyang in China, and Hong Kong.
Countries:	Native: China (Guangdong); Hong Kong; Taiwan, Province of China
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Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	A heavily-exploited ornamental species. Overcollecting in Taiwan, has led to the complete absence of mature trees in the wild.

Major Threat(s):

A heavily-exploited ornamental species. Overcollecting in Taiwan, has led to the complete absence of mature trees in the wild.

Citation:	Lu, S.Y. & Pan, F.J. 1998. Diospyros vaccinioides. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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