Laurelia sempervirens

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	LAURALES	MONIMIACEAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

(R. & P.) Tul.

Common Name/s:

English

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Chilean Laurel, Chilean Sassafras

Red List Category & Criteria:	Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	González, M.
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:

Range Description:	Restricted to central Chile in the Coastal Cordillera, subandean range and central plains.
Countries:	Native: Chile (Biobío, La Araucania, Los Lagos, Maule, O'Higgins)
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Habitat and Ecology:	The species occurs in moist seasonal forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	It is of some importance as a timber and is under threat from overexploitation in the north of its range.

Major Threat(s):

It is of some importance as a timber and is under threat from overexploitation in the north of its range.

Citation:	González, M. 1998. Laurelia sempervirens. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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