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Solanum cajanumense

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA MAGNOLIOPSIDA SOLANALES SOLANACEAE

Scientific Name: Solanum cajanumense
Species Authority: Kunth
Common Name/s:
Spanish – Tomate Silvestre

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3
Year Published: 1998
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:
History:
1997 – Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: From Columbia to northern Peru.
Countries:
Native:
Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: A small tree of Andean forest, occurring especially on the western slopes, between 1,500 and 3,000 m.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The habitat is seriously threatened by encroaching agriculture and fires.
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Solanum cajanumense. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2013.
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