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Rhipsalis russellii

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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	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	CARYOPHYLLALES	CACTACEAE

Scientific Name:	Rhipsalis russellii
Species Authority:	Britton & Rose

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable B2ab(iii,iv) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2002
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Taylor, N.P.
Reviewer/s:	Stuppy, W. & Taylor, N.P. (Cacti & Succulent Plant Red List Authority)
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Justification: It is markedly disjunct and its habitat has contracted severely and especially in south-eastern Bahia, whence the most recent collection was obtained in 1971. Elsewhere, it is found within some reasonably secure protected areas (e.g., Parque Nacional Chapada Diamantina, BA), but its ecological niches are invariably limited. Area of occupancy is estimated to be < 2,000 km².

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Found from the Chapada Diamantina and Serra do Espinhaço eastwards, Bahia, Minas Gerais and (?) Espírito Santo; Central-western (Goiás and Mato Grosso) and South-eastern Brazil (São Paulo).
Countries:	Native: Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais)
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Population [top]

Population Trend:

Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Widespread humid forest/campo rupestre element: epilithic or epiphytic, campo rupestre, mata de brejo and Mata atlántica and their ecotones with caatinga-agreste, 50–1,050 m.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Habitat loss due to agriculture and logging.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

Listed on CITES App. II. Occurs in some protected areas.

Citation:	Taylor, N.P. 2002. Rhipsalis russellii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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