Eugenia verdoorniae

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	MYRTALES	MYRTACEAE

Scientific Name:	Eugenia verdoorniae
Species Authority:	A.E.van Wyk

Red List Category & Criteria:

Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Date Assessed:

1998-01-01

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Hilton-Taylor, C. <i>et al.</i>

History:

1997

–

Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Range Description:	Southern KwaZulu-Natal and the Pondoland area of the Eastern Cape.
Countries:	Native: South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal)
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Population:	Locally common in places.

Population:

Locally common in places.

Habitat and Ecology:	A coastal forest species and attractive ornamental tree, confined to sandstone formations on forest margins and in the open on the banks and islands of some of the larger rivers.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Threats of increasing settlement and cutting for firewood and timber continue to put pressure on these remaining forest patches.

Major Threat(s):

Threats of increasing settlement and cutting for firewood and timber continue to put pressure on these remaining forest patches.

Conservation Actions:	There are recorded populations within three nature reserves and a few demarcated forests.

Conservation Actions:

There are recorded populations within three nature reserves and a few demarcated forests.

Citation:	Hilton-Taylor, C. et al. 1998. Eugenia verdoorniae. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 April 2014.
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