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Arenga wightii

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Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	LILIOPSIDA	ARECALES	PALMAE

Scientific Name:	Arenga wightii
Species Authority:	Griff.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable B1+2c ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Johnson, D.
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Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A monocarpic palm of dense forest, occurring on slopes between 150 and 1,000 m.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

It is threatened by logging activities and increasing settlement and agriculture.

Citation:	Johnson, D. 1998. Arenga wightii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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