Podocarpus barretoi

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	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	PODOCARPACEAE

Scientific Name:	Podocarpus barretoi
Species Authority:	de Laub. & Silba
Taxonomic Notes:	This species was described and named in 1982.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Near Threatened ver 3.1

Year Published:

2007

Assessor/s:

Bachman, S. (RBG Kew), Farjon, A. (RBG Kew), Gardner, M. (RBG Edinburgh), Thomas, P. (RBG Edinburgh), Luscombe, D. (Forestry Comm. Bedgebury) & Reynolds, C. (Forestry Comm. Bedgebury)

Reviewer/s:

Farjon, A. & Gardner, M. (Conifer Red List Authority)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Despite its very wide distribution range its (sub)populations are disjunct and locally rare. It occurs in regions where ongoing deforestation may have an impact on this species, even though there is no direct evidence that this particular species has declined.

History:

1998

–

Data Deficient

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Brazil (south of the Amazon Basin, Roraima); Venezuela. Its large range (EOO calculated on the basis of mapped herbarium collections = 4,277,040 km²) spans across the Amazon Basin, where no conifers are known to occur. It is possible that it will be found in other regions and countries, such as the Guyanas, when surveys of the floras of tropical South America approach a more complete covering than is the case at present. The presently known range is based on 22 collections giving 13 localities.
Countries:	Native: Brazil (Minas Gerais); Venezuela
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Population [top]

Population:	No data on population sizes are known to exist.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Cerrado, gallery forest along streams, both “tall forest” and “dwarf forest”, often on sandstone. In Venezuela it is reported from montane forest, usually along streams. Elevation (from GIS) 266 to 1,828 m, from herbarium data: 825 to 1,600 m
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Deforestation, conversion to grazing lands. No specific uses of this species are known.

Major Threat(s):

Deforestation, conversion to grazing lands. No specific uses of this species are known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is recorded from several protected areas throughout its range including Canaima National Park in Venezuela and the Brazilian Cerrado Protected Areas Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Park.

Conservation Actions:

This species is recorded from several protected areas throughout its range including Canaima National Park in Venezuela and the Brazilian Cerrado Protected Areas Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Park.

Citation:	Bachman, S. (RBG Kew), Farjon, A. (RBG Kew), Gardner, M. (RBG Edinburgh), Thomas, P. (RBG Edinburgh), Luscombe, D. (Forestry Comm. Bedgebury) & Reynolds, C. (Forestry Comm. Bedgebury) 2007. Podocarpus barretoi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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