Guzmania fuerstenbergiana
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| PLANTAE |
TRACHEOPHYTA |
LILIOPSIDA |
BROMELIALES |
BROMELIACEAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Guzmania fuerstenbergiana |
| Species Authority: |
(C.E.Kirchhoff & Wittm.) Wittm. |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Endangered
A4ac
ver 3.1
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| Year Published: |
2003 |
| Assessor/s: |
Manzanares, J.M. & Pitman, N. |
| Reviewer/s: |
Valencia, R., Pitman, N., Léon-Yánez, S. & Jørgensen, P.M. (Ecuador Plants Red List Authority) |
| Contributor/s: |
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Justification:
An epiphytic bromeliad endemic to Ecuador's coastal lowlands. The eight collections are all from primary or remnant forests which implies a serious threat given that the majority of Ecuador's coastal foothill forest has been converted to croplands. Not know to occur inside Ecuador’s protected areas network. The only type was apparently destroyed in the Berlin herbarium during the Second World War. Habitat destruction is the only known threat to the species.
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Geographic Range
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Population
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| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
Dry coastal forest to sub-montane coastal forest (0–1,000 m)
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): |
The majority of Ecuador's coastal foothill forest has been converted to croplands.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
Not known to occur within any protected areas.
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