Banara vanderbiltii

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	VIOLALES	FLACOURTIACEAE

Scientific Name:

Banara vanderbiltii

Species Authority:

Urban

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Palo De Ramon

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered D ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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Range Description:	A horticulturally attractive small tree, known from two populations in the wild, accounting for about 18 individuals.
Countries:	Native: Puerto Rico
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Habitat and Ecology:	One population occurs on a moist limestone hill.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	The population from moist limestone hill may be under potential threat from quarrying. Grazing and farming are also concerns.

Major Threat(s):

The population from moist limestone hill may be under potential threat from quarrying. Grazing and farming are also concerns.

Conservation Actions:	The numbers of plants in cultivation, mostly located in Fairchild Tropical Garden, exceed those in the wild.

Conservation Actions:

The numbers of plants in cultivation, mostly located in Fairchild Tropical Garden, exceed those in the wild.

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