Encephalartos woodii

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CYCADOPSIDA	CYCADALES	ZAMIACEAE

Scientific Name:

Encephalartos woodii

Species Authority:

Sander

Common Name(s):

English

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Wood's Cycad

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct in the Wild ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Date Assessed:

2009-10-31

Assessor(s):

Donaldson, J.S.

Reviewer(s):

Agenbag, L. & B’senberg, J.D.

Justification:
Originally described from a single male plant with multiple stems. No other plants were ever found. Some of the original stems were killed through bark harvesting and the last wild plants had been transferred to botanic gardens by 1916.

History:

2003	–	Extinct in the Wild (IUCN 2003)
2003	–	Extinct in the Wild
1998	–	Extinct
1997	–	Extinct (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	The species is only known from male plants collected in Ngoye Forest, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
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Population [top]

Population:	Extinct in the wild.

Population:

Extinct in the wild.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Extinct in the wild.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The last remaining stems were all deliberately removed from the wild in 1916.

Major Threat(s):

The last remaining stems were all deliberately removed from the wild in 1916.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is listed on Appendix I of the CITES Appendices. The species is grown in a number of botanical gardens. The area it came from is now a protected area.

Conservation Actions:

This species is listed on Appendix I of the CITES Appendices. The species is grown in a number of botanical gardens. The area it came from is now a protected area.

Citation:	Donaldson, J.S. 2010. Encephalartos woodii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 January 2015.
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