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Quararibea pterocalyx

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA MAGNOLIOPSIDA MALVALES BOMBACACEAE

Scientific Name: Quararibea pterocalyx
Species Authority: Hemsl.
Common Name/s:
English – Wild Palm
Spanish – Cinco Dedos

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable C2a ver 2.3
Year Published: 1998
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Mitré, M.
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Scattered as isolated individuals. It is recorded from Alajuela and Guanacaste in Costa Rica, from Bocas del Toro to Darién in Panama, being present in larger numbers in the Canal area and Barro Colorado Island, and from Urabá and other areas of Colombia. No information is available on its distribution in Venezuela.
Countries:
Native:
Colombia; Costa Rica; Panama; Venezuela
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: The species is distributed in lowland evergreen to semi-evergreen rainforest, preferring humid or swampy zones.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Throughout the range the habitat is affected by the growing human population, agricultural activities and logging.
Citation: Mitré, M. 1998. Quararibea pterocalyx. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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