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Asterogyne spicata

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Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	LILIOPSIDA	ARECALES	PALMAE

Scientific Name:	Asterogyne spicata
Species Authority:	(H.E.Moore) Wess. Boer

Assessment Information [top]

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

Range Description:	A palm tree of lowland rainforest, restricted to Guatopo National Park and Cerro Bachiller of Miranda State. No reports exist of occurrences elsewhere in suitable habitat types.
Countries:	Native: Venezuela
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Increasing settlement has caused habitat losses in some areas.

Citation:	Stauffer, F. 1998. Asterogyne spicata. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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