Laurus azorica

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	LAURALES	LAURACEAE

Scientific Name:

Laurus azorica

Species Authority:

(Seub.) Franco

Common Name/s:

English

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Macaronesian Laurel

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:

Countries:	Native: Morocco; Portugal (Azores, Madeira); Spain (Canary Is.)
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Habitat and Ecology:	One of the major components of laurisilva, occurring over a wide altitudinal range.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Threats exist from grazing, fires and habitat conversion, but recent evidence suggests the laurisilva is now expanding.

Major Threat(s):

Threats exist from grazing, fires and habitat conversion, but recent evidence suggests the laurisilva is now expanding.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Laurus azorica. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 May 2013.
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