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Scalesia divisa

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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	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	ASTERALES	COMPOSITAE

Scientific Name:	Scalesia divisa
Species Authority:	Andersson

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered B1+2bcde ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Tye, A. & Loving, J.
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Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Restricted to the north-eastern half of San Cristóbal Island, the species, most typically occurring as a bush, has become scarce in areas where it was previously recorded as abundant.
Countries:	Native: Ecuador (Galápagos)
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Introduced goats, the main cause of these population declines, continue to cause extensive damage to remaining stands.

Citation:	Tye, A. & Loving, J. 1998. Scalesia divisa. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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