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Adansonia rubrostipa

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA MAGNOLIOPSIDA MALVALES BOMBACACEAE

Scientific Name: Adansonia rubrostipa
Species Authority: Jum. & Perr.

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
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Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: The species extends along the west coast from near Itampolo in the south-west to Soalala in the north-west.
Countries:
Native:
Madagascar
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Occurring in spiny and dry forest.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): This wide distribution ensures the species is conservationally secure, although populations north of Toliara are threatened with destruction for charcoal production. There has been considerable population declines in the past because of the dramatic rate of habitat loss. The long generation time of baobabs makes them more vulnerable.
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Adansonia rubrostipa. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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